BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HONIARA City Council (HCC) and Friends of the City (FOTC) have collaborated to enforce the 2009 Littering Ordinance next week, on August 1. This is a step forward for the current anti-litter campaign. The HCC’s Environment…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela is impressed with the noni farming initiative introduced by Member of Parliament for North West Guadalcanal, Bodo Dettke. Prime Minister Hou has acknowledged the economic benefits noni farming will provide to the country. He said that…
MEDIA Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) commends the government for passing the Anti-Corruption Bill (ACB) 2017. The bill now an act of parliament was debated this week and finally passed by the members of parliament on Wednesday. “The passing of…
By Mike Puia THE World Heritage Committee has noted serious concern over a threat issued by one of the landowning tribes in East Rennell, on Rennell Island, Renbel province. In a letter purported to represent Tuhunui tribe that was send…
By Gary Hatigeva PARLIAMENT has adjourned its debates into the Whistle Blowers Protection Bill 2016 after Prime Minister Rick Hounipwela moved a motion of adjournment of the house. Following its second reading with moves to have it debated and placed…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA BELOW the foot of Merapi, one of the most active volcanoes on earth lays the city of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. Officially one of Indonesia’s 32 provinces, Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centres of Java. Established…
By Alfred Sasako AT first they kept their distance. On Wednesday the distance vanished into thin air as North West Guadalcanal MP, Hon Bodo Dettke, drove the Noni farming message home. And who could be better than Prime Minister Rick…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE TOURISM Solomons CEO, Mr Josefa Tuamoto applauds the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s recent launching of the Minimum Standards and Classification for Tourism Accommodation programme, describing the move as “a major step in the right direction”…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands commends the 50 members of Parliament for passing the anti-corruption legislation; especially MPs who – slept through the sessions, those who did not attend or were absent, those who were present only in the morning, those who…
By Gary Hatigeva THE Bill provides for imprisonment from five to seven or more years, besides fine, to those convicted of sleeping in bed with corruption. After almost a week of scrutiny and proceedings, Parliament has on Wednesday passed the…
