BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A diagnosis approach on Tuberculosis (TB) based on the universal use in the country of a novel diagnostic tool is being finalised. According to the Undersecretary for Health Improvement under the Ministry of Health and Medical Services…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA WITH the vision to provide durable, affordable and quality homes in the country, Solomon Housing Limited (SHL) is now on the roll to sell its remaining houses at Kombevatu. With a different market approach, yesterday SHL did…
By Mike Puia THE Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) is pursuing a heritage law for the country. Director of the National Museum, Tony Heorake, confirmed this when appearing before the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last week. Mr Heorake…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA WITH the dawn of election-day for Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), Jay Bartlett, Director of Hatanga Limited stands unopposed as Chairperson of SICCI. Mr Bartlett, often described as a young visionary leader, has been…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO THE Western provincial government has come under fire for tabling its draft revised budget 2017/2018 at an ‘inconvenient and awkward time’. Non-executive MPA Ramrakha Talasasa (member for ward 16) blames the western provincial executive for negligence…
Dear editor, PLEASE allow me space to give my acknowledgement and support to the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union (SIPU) to pursue an action to ensure the Long Service Benefit for retired public servants is tax excepted. I understand the…
DEAR EDITOR, as an indigenous and concerned Solomon Islander, I raise my concerns on why Honiara needs to be clean. Ministry of Infrastructure and Rural Development, Honiara City Council and other responsible authorities are urged to consider this. Cleanliness is…
DEAR EDITOR, while this has raised concern to Honiara City Council that “Enforcement of litter Bylaw” is no longer implemented and power to embark at silence. The authority must seriously look into this problem that continue to degrade the environment,…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE closing time for Honiara Central Market is the same at 6pm according to Honiara City Council’s (HCC) Market Master Mr Jimmy Hanson Riunga over query. According to report, the by-law for Central Market to close at…
‘IN the midst of adversity, Government has decided to redesign and more effectively manage the delivery of public services within a tighter fiscal framework’. These were the words used by Finance Minister, Manasseh Sogavare in his budget speech for 2018.…
