By Mike Puia HEAD of the Honiara City Council (HCC) Law Enforcement Division, Robert Madeo, maintains that they will not back down in the execution of their duties within Honiara boundary. The Division, which enforced HCC ordinances, has continued to…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THERE are two ways you can interpret whether regionalism is evident in Malaita province and it’s either negatively or positively. This was raised by Dr David W Gegeo, Research Coordinator of Social Sciences at the Solomon…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA WOMEN are encouraged to support each other in their daily work. Speaking during the closing of a session with SIPNET (Solomon Islands Professional Women Network), through the Waka Mere Commitment to Action, Regina Gatu, Sustainable Manager of…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO PAPARAGHU Women’s Association in Gizo have received 10 cooler boxes donated by Member of Parliament (MP) for Ranonga/Simbo Constituency Charles Sigoto. The newly formed Paparaghu Women’s Association women consists of women from Simbo and Ranonga who…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA A weeklong training on Leadership and Management has just concluded for women through the Waka Mere Commitment to Action. The weeklong workshop was mainly on leadership. Coordinator of the SICCI-IFC Gender Programme, Ruth Maetala said empowering and…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA WOMEN are encouraged to pursue education in order to reach leadership positions. This was said by the IFC Vice President Asia Pacific for young girls and women pursuing excellence in their areas of work. Yesterday Nena Stoiljkovic…
By Derek Mane DESPITEa the arguments and debates on the type of development approach to adopt, Solomon Islands continue to implement the SAPs (Structural Adjustment Programmes) policies influenced by the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. Although in some…
DEAR EDITOR, in previous weeks Prime Minister Rick Hou reportedly said the Solomon Islands had been in the wilderness for the past forty years. Of course he was speaking metaphorically and not literally of the past for, indeed, the Solomon…
DEAR EDITOR, the information you are going to read is of paramount importance to us significantly to the Highest Officials of the Government which includes the Prime Minister, but most importantly, the Minister and his Permanent Secretary of the Ministry…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE Anglican Church of Melanesian (ACOM) will establish a University named John Coleridge Patterson University (JCPU) with enrolment beginning next year. This was highlighted by ACOM Archbishop George Takeli during the handover ceremony of teacher’s material…
