BY BEN BILUA MANDELA Primary School management says the Chief Education Officer of Guadalcanal province has lied in the media. This follows CEO Maesac Suia’s statement on SIBC last Friday that Mandela school is not registered under the province’s education…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was being hypocritical on what it usually speaks of, ‘leaving no one behind’. Sogavare made the bold statement during The Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan double…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI CABINET has approved a cocoa factory for the Makira-Ulawa province, it is reported. An elated premier of Makira-Ulawa, Stanley Siapu, tells Island Sun that his government and the people of Makira-Ulawa are grateful, especially the cocoa farmers.…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE open beche-de-mer season is taking its toll on the supply of fresh reef fish in the local market, it is reported. Honiara’s central market, which used to be teeming with reef fish venders, is…
A recent historical and successful visit by three Parliamentary Standing Committees to the eastern borders of Solomon Islands uncovered the seriousness of police security and deterioration, poor health services and the increasing threat of sea level rise on low lying…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has openly welcomed the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to confirm a sister relationship last month between the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan and the Port of Honiara in Solomon Islands. Sogavare and…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA MP Rick Hou, a member of the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC), queries how the strata development scheme will work for fixed term estate owners who have mortgaged their properties. Hou asked this to the sponsoring ministry…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE strata titles bill 2017 poses to boost development and many other industries in the Solomon Islands, it is reported. Technical Advisor Allan McNeil reveals this when queried by the Leader of the Independent Group, Dr Derek…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE Strata Titles Bill 2017 that is currently before the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) for consideration is an answer to controlling urban squatters. This was confirmed to the BLC by the sponsoring Ministry of the new…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Solomon Islands Maritime Administration (SIMSA) is in need of modern technological equipment. Director of SIMSA, Mr Tim Harris says the organisation and the government need to embrace modern technology more closely, and do away with misconceptions…
