June 21, 2018

More than 11,000 visitors in 3 months

A NEW count of 11,593 international visitors arrived in Solomon Islands in the first quarter of this year. Government Statistician Douglas Kimi revealed this while releasing the official statistics produced by the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) recently. Mr…

Three more officers to Sudan

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force will be commissioning three RSIPF officers for UN deployment to Sudan today. This is the third deployment of RSIPF officers to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur, Sudan. According to…

Women candidates urged to join political parties

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has urged intending female candidates of Malaita to join and work closely with political parties. He said this statement in relation to the Malaita Women’s empowerment and Development policy 2018 to 2022…

MPAs to take oath on Monday

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO THE 26 elected provincial members (MPA) of the Western province assembly will take their oath in Gizo on Monday, June 25. Provincial Clerk to the Assembly Mr Kevin Paia in an interview yesterday, said the MPAs…

Only 7 MPs attended Malaita women dialogue

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO   ONLY seven out of 14 members of Parliament attended yesterday’s dialogue with Malaita women representatives in Honiara. The talks had been planned between 20 women leaders of Malaita and their 14 members of parliament. However…

US$480M opportunity

Israel stands ready to help Solomon Islands BY MIKE PUIA   IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL THE Israeli Government says it stands ready to support Pacific Island countries, including the Solomon Islands, improve their people’s livelihood and address pressing issues Pacific countries…