SUAVANAO Airfield in Isabel Province was re-opened last Saturday following the successful rehabilitation of the airport’s deteriorating runway which has forced the Government to close it in September this year. Representatives of the Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA), the…
WHILE the government is seen proactively facilitating and heading events into the 16 Days Activism Campaign on eradicating violence against women and children in the country, it has been criticised for not showing financial commitments to help this fight. This…
By Gary Hatigeva CHAIRMAN of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Member of Parliament for East Honiara, Douglas Ete has lashed out at government over the cuts in budget allocations to Ministries. Ete said government made cuts in budget allocations…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) has met to discuss ways to improve the country’s education at all levels. The joint review meeting provides an opportunity for MEHRD and key education stakeholders to…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO MPA for Dunde Nusa Roviana ward 16, Honorable Ramrakha Aquila Junior Talasasa is persuading the Western Provincial government Fisheries division to strengthen its revenue collection in Western Province. Talasasa said the Fisheries Division, which is supposed…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) warns the public against the use of dynamites to fish following the arrest and charging of a fisherman in Central Province on 13 November 2018. On 13 November Police at Tulagi received a…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRIME Minister Rick Hou says government is taking up this battle to fight Non-Communicable Disease. He said from statistics gathered, there is an urgent need to address this killer disease. “We have no option but to address…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A man who faces four counts of sexual offence has pleaded guilty to all charges yesterday. Public Prosecutor Dalcy Belapitu who appeared on instruction from prosecutor in carriage of the case told the court that the appearance…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA GOVERNMENT is set to respond to the Lawyers Association. Yesterday Island Sun reported that Government Lawyers will stage a sit in strike on 4th December (Tuesday next week) when their strike notice lapse. However information reaching Island…
CDF should also have regulations, says Veke BY GEORGINA KEKEA GUADALCANAL Premier, Anthony Veke is calling on the Members of Parliament to regulate the Rural Constituency Development Funds (RCDF). Premier Veke is responding to an article in Island Sun…
