BY ROMULUS HUTA In Port Vila, Vanuatu THE Malaitan community based in Port Vila, Vanuatu have come together to celebrate their provincial second appointed day last Saturday. The celebration was held at the Church of the South Seas compound in…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MINISTRY of Agriculture and Livestock’s new Permanent Secretary is looking at drawing the Agriculture Sector Growth Road Map with aim to redirect the agriculture industry in Solomon Islands. Making her first remarks at the Senior Extension…
THE Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) acknowledges the Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) for recognising the need of having women in leadership positions. SICCI, as the peak body representing the private sector, congratulates…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI MALAITA province since 2008/9 has delivered more than 106 complete projects of good quality through the meagre resources received from the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF). Premier of Malaita province Peter Channel Ramohia said, “Reading through…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO LACK of breeding sites in the Solomon Islands has led to 60 Santa Cruz ground doves being shipped to Singapore two weeks ago with the hope of repopulating their inhabitants. With the absence of prioritising breeding…
DEAR EDITOR, last week I was moved to read a rather sad story in the Island Sun Newspaper reportedly contributed by a diabetic-inpatient at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) surgical ward which concerned a plea for the surgical ward to…
OFFICERS of the Emergency Response Group (ERG) in the Correctional Services of Solomon Islands (CSSI) are urged to maintain their skills learnt during a one-week intensive Public Order Management (POM) training from August 13-17, 2018 at the Rove Police Headquarters…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA MANAGING waste and controlling pollution for Solomon Islands will require national effort that includes high-level political leadership, effective policy and legal frameworks, development of appropriate institutional capacity and changing attitudes starting at individual to community, provincial and…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA COME June 2019, Selwyn College will be using electricity generated from solar powered grid. Revealing this last week before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Meteorology, Dr Melchior…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO GIZO Town Council (GTC) workers have advised public and visitors in Gizo to be responsible and behave when throwing their rubbish. “GTC will not meet or carry-out exact work to clean the whole township but we…
