April 19, 2018

Zero budget for women, only youth & children

BY GEORGINA KEKEA ONLY $500,000 has been allocated for the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) in the development budget. While the focus will be on youths and possibly children, women will be the ones missing out…

More Guadalcanal workers leave for Canada

BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE UNDER the Guadalcanal provincial government and Canadian International Training and Education Corporation (CITREC) partnership, the largest pool of workers from the province so far are set to leave for Canada this year. This is according to…

Auki police investigating knife attack

BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki AUKI police is investigating a knife-attack incident at the Ratefasu area in central Kwara’ae which happened over the weekend. Statement from police said the incident happened on Saturday after a disagreement in the village. While police…

Suri focuses on fitness

BY ROMULUS HUTA THE national under-19 soccer training squad is currently focussing on fitness as it prepares toward the Oceania Under-19 championship due to be held come August. Head Coach Batram Suri told SunSPORTS last night that the 30-man team…

Twin parliaments

SI-NSW parliaments launch partnership scholarship initiative By Gary Hatigeva THE Parliament of Solomon Islands together with the Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia, have on Wednesday 18 April, formally established a scholarship initiative that looks to enhance the…