BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO YOUNG women leaders from Pacific nations and across Bougainville who have attended the recent Bougainville Young women leaders meeting have been encouraged to ‘persist in doing good deeds to become great leaders’. Executive Director for Young…
A primary school of perseverance By Alfred Sasako WHEN Gilo Primary School headmaster, Romano Pesira, wrote to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) recently, seeking help for the school, no one expected a timely response. Mr Pesira asked CCECC, one…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE AN eight-member Taiwan Acrobatic Troupe from National Taiwan College of Performing Arts arrived in the country yesterday afternoon. In an interview with Island Sun, Wang, Hsueh-Yen, team leader and Director Secretary of the college said they…
DEAR EDITOR, Radio New Zealand carried a news bulletin today, Wednesday, 31 October 2018, that the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, the Hon, Rick Hou, has said there are huge gaps in local health care, education and protection systems that are…
DEAR EDITOR, last week in the Solomon Islands the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, the Hon. Manasseh Sogavare spoke at a welcome gathering at the Mendana Hotel where he addressed a party of visiting Asia Development Bank (ADB) Directors.…
Warned to respect legal rights of employees to vote & reminded of the public holiday status of Election Day By Gary Hatigeva MEMBERS of the Private Sector under the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SICCI) were yesterday, engaged…
THE Ministry of Culture and Tourism will officially open the newly built Crafts Market Centre in Honiara tomorrow. The Centre is to cater for the exhibitions and sales of local traditional handicrafts by our cultural producers and entrepreneurs. This is…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE SOLOMON Islands at 33 percent has the highest childhood stunting rate in the Pacific with significant disparities between rural and urban areas and between rich and poor households. According to UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency…
Bills Committee recommends for it to be withdrawn By Gary Hatigeva IT has been revealed that the government camp was split over the status of the Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation in parliament. This was after it was noted in…
By Gary Hatigeva GOVERNMENT’S proposals to re-establish the former Development Bank of Solomon Islands (DBSI) through a DBSI Bill 2018, was amongst four government bills that went through their second reading on the floor of parliament yesterday. The DBSI Bill…
