BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE “WHETHER you are a student or a public servant or someone working in the private sector, you are more than welcome to join Mandarin classes that will start next week at SINU”. The remark was made…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE Deputy Counselor of the Taiwan Embassy in Solomon Islands, Mr Oliver Weng is encouraging Solomon Islanders to utilize the assistance Taiwan provides to the country so that they can benefit from it. Weng explained that…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE STUDYING Mandarin at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has helped Robinson Minevaleke adapt quickly to Taiwan lifestyle and culture. He is a recipient of the Taiwan’s International Cooperation Development Fund (ICDF) Scholarship and is in…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands government aims to boost the tourism sector by increasing international visitors by nine percent this year. This is according to Prime Minister Rick Hou in his keynote address during the 2018 Tourism in Focus…
BY BEN BILUA THE growing number of fast money schemes is leaving a similarly growing trail of hundreds of victims in state of despair and guilt. The popular Charity fund, World Venture and few other schemes target the average and…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Ministry of Home Affairs is getting prepared for a big 40th Anniversary celebration this year for the country being halfway to eighty (80) years. Speaking to Island Sun, Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary George Palua…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO LEADERS Education Authorities Project (LEAP) an initiative of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has strived to achieve its outcomes. The outcome has the combination of long terms, short terms and medium terms…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HONIARA City Council (HCC) has clarified the closure of the Sky Horse City Fast Food at the City Centre until further notice. This is due to the fast-food hub not meeting HCC’s hygiene standards. The place…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CITIZENS in Honiara say that the road condition in the city is an area affecting the new bus routes enforced now being blamed for causing delay for public travelling. Speaking on behalf of locals, Mr Moffat Iro…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA CLOSING submissions on the case against men charged with harbouring unlawful non-citizens will be made on February 7 at the Honiara Magistrate Court. The hearing of evidence was concluded after the defence called their last witness –…
