SOLOMON Islands ousted Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, revealed this week during a Motion of No Confidence moved against him in Parliament that the 50 Members of Parliament (MPs) together received more than half a billion dollars a year. Mr Sogavare…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE Australia Pacific Technical College (APTC) since its establishment 10 years ago has graduated more than 11,000, of whom 1,274 are Solomon Islanders. Deputy High Commissioner of Australia Mr Michael Hasset announced this during the celebration…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Food Inspection Unit under the Honiara City Council Health Division is currently out in the field on a food sample exercise. The team, after completing a series of capacity trainings, are now conducting food sampling in…
“BEING a Police officer let alone a female is quite challenging but everything has challenges,” says Police Constable Roberta Ora, one of only two female officers who serve in the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Fire and Rescue Service,…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA WOMEN doing a traditional welcome for tourists at Taro Provincial Headquarter during the Women’s Week is said to cause embarrassment as it is not the custom of Lauru. This is according to Chief Paul Kaegabatu of Sariana…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA AUSTRALIA Pacific Technical College (APTC) in its 10 years in the Solomon Islands has contributed heavily to the country’s labour market. Caretaker Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said it’s very encouraging to see more Solomon Islanders…
DEAR EDITOR, Monday November 6 marks a significant day in Solomon Islands’ history. On that day, a beacon of light among the 50 leadership beacons was smothered. Former Prime Minister, now caretaker PM, was and is a true leader. Despite…
DEAR EDITOR, quoting the SIBC news last night, 6 November 2017, businesses large and small, including those tech-focused and those agriculturally based, were recognized at the recent Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 4th annual Business Excellence Awards. “Kokonut…
DEAR EDITOR, Kevin Suliau’s recent remarks about himself as someone from Akwa’afungia land and tribe in response to my earlier article published in the Island Sun newspaper, dated September 26, 2017 concerning the above subject matter had at last received…
DEAR EDITOR, on November 6, 2017, a fourth batch of youths graduated in Honiara following a peacebuilding and livelihood skills training course, delivered in close partnership with the Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP), Coconut Technology Centre (CTC)…
