By Alfred Sasako BENEFITS from the maritime trade facilitation in the economy of a country, a change from manual to electronic clearances of ships, cargo and passengers in order to save time, are expected to dominate a three-day national seminar…
BY BEN BILUA WOMEN leaders of Guadalcanal, Western and Malaita provinces have joined forces to enhance women participation in decision making at provincial and national levels. A total of 21 women representatives from respective provinces who are part of the…
BY GARY HATIGEVA FORMER Prime Minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo who brought the bill on the now PPI Act, suggested there is an oversight on the new Electoral Act that will likely undermine the Political Parties Integrity Act 2014, particularly, on…
BY BEN BILUA WESTERN Provincial Government has been the first province to endorse and accept the Women Caucus Leadership Program. The province is waiting for the final Terms of Reference document with promise and throws more support towards the implementation…
Political Parties Integrity Commission was supposed not to be removed By Gary Hatigeva THE current status of the Political Parties Integrity Commission was an error. This was confirmed by the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission Office (SIECO). The error as highlighted…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI THE price of fish in Auki has said to soar in the past few days. In Auki, consumers are complaining about the increase of prices in fish, and are quite dissatisfied with the amount of fish…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team demolished more than 600 unexploded bombs (UXOs) in the Western Province during Operation Render Safe from 15 to 19 November 2018. The Operation was conducted in Munda, Rendova,…
‘Existence of Political Parties Commission questioned, notably, due to repealed Part 2 of PPI Act 2014’ By Gary Hatigeva LEGAL Professionals have questioned the existence of the Political Parties Commission (PPC). Most are quite confused whether matters related to Political…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE court will today hear the bail application made by the defence lawyer representing the former Permanent Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services Edmond Sikua. After he was sentenced to two…
BY ROMULUS HUTA MORE overseas clubs are keen on signing Solomon Islands’ latest football prodigy, Raphael Le’ai ‘Rafa’. Following the interest shown by top Argentine Premier Division Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz last month, the latest to come on board is…
