BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE delicious and unique flavours of Solomon Islands chocolate will be showcased at SolChoc (Solomon Islands Cocoa and Chocolate Festival) a fun and festive event, which is set to be launched today. SolChoc, the annual festival…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA NGELLA People were denied by relevant authorities when seeking for assistance to host the Pana Festival in the island. Because authorities failed to listen to the community request, Imperial Travel Service has stepped in to support the…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has attended the Partnering with the Pacific gathering at the Commonwealth House in Gold Coast on Saturday. The gathering was organised to promote businesses in the Pacific and attended by other dignitaries, Pacific Island businesses including…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands joins 53 nations under the Commonwealth for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which starts on the 16th April 2018. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela and his delegation are in London for the CHOGM,…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO NEARLY a thousand women from the North Vella la Vella constituency are set to undergo financial training. Virginia Pilua, coordinator of Jorio, Jawa and Dovele women’s Association (JJWDA), said 900-plus women from Jorio, Jawa and Dovele,…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO WOMEN of North Vella la Vella constituency are resorting to cocoa as their main source of income, it is reported. The recent success of the product domestically and internationally has convinced the women to choose cocoa.…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA BIOSECURITY Solomon Islands (BSI) has come up with strategies to battle the coconut rhinoceros beetle during a workshop with domestic shipping companies in Honiara recently. Although the meeting was short, the outcome was positive as domestic…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is set to open a new police post this week in the Western province. Poetete police post opens tomorrow in Kolombangara Island. The new station extends the reach and…
Gravel digging near Lunga bridge illegal, endangers lives BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE company currently digging gravel at the eastern side of the Lunga Bridge is said to be carrying out an illegal activity. It is reported that the company does…
IT is a local norm that the role of women and girls is limited to the kitchen in our male dominated society. Picture a rare sight: a man in a kitchen, sweat perspiring from his forehead as he learns over…
