By Mike Puia THE Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP) rejected earlier reports about an issue it has with a State Owned Enterprise (SOE), Solomon Water. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Justus Denni, said reports suggesting that Solomon…
By Mike Puia MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs and Eternal Trade (MFAET) Deputy Secretary, William Soaki, says the country’s diplomatic Mission that will officially opened in London, United Kingdom, next month will be very expensive to run. Mr Soaki revealed this…
North-west Guadalcanal MP Dettke makes maiden export of multi-million dollar Noni product By Alfred Sasako NORTH-WEST Guadalcanal MP Bodo Dettke is today standing taller than the rest of his Parliamentary colleagues, opening a potential revival for the nation’s stagnant economy.…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO THE Western provincial government has convened its first meeting of the second Provincial Assembly which is currently underway at the Western Provincial capital town in Gizo, starting yesterday. The house yesterday recapped on the minutes of…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SEVENTY recruits of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will swear in as new probationary constables on Thursday, March 29. This follows five months of stringent training. Police Commissioner Mr Mathew Varley said, “It’s a…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A series of trainings on audio recording for Bible translation was held at the East Bugotu, Nagholau community in Isabel province. The organisation who spearheads the training is Solomon Islands Translation Advisory Group (SITAG) and Bible…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands Cocoa and Chocolate Festival is set for April 30 – May 5 and will involve chocolate-makers and buyers from the United Kingdom and Oceania. The festival is spearheaded by the Strongim Bisnis Programme, Pacific…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO The Western Provincial Assembly has passed its 2017-18 supplementary budget yesterday. The approved amount of $8,247,543 was derived from internal and external revenue sources, and had been used over the past six months on recurrent and…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA “WE have our people living in town but we are embarrassed to go to their house after market hours because we don’t want to impose on them especially since life in town is very hard,” says Peter…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case of a 64-year-old man from Isabel province alleged of raping a nine-year-old girl in 2015 will appear in court today. The old man on this case is facing three counts of rape under the Amendment…
