January 2021

So close, yet…

-Bougainvilleans stranded on this side of border since last year -Government blames PNG BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A NUMBER of Bougainville people have been stranded at the western border since the state of public emergency began in March 2020. And they…

No home for football

SIFF handed short term lease BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II THE iconic Lawson Tama Stadium will likely no longer be termed as the Home of Football in the Solomon Islands. This was after negotiations between the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF)…

Government to establish new Bill

BY BEN BILUA THE government is in an initial stage of drafting a new legislation that will provide legal provisions in times of Pandemic.Final consultation will be held on the third week of this month and third week of February…

HIGH FAIL RATE

Only 838 pass to Form 7 out of 4,494 students EIGHTY-ONE percent of form-six students who sat for the 2020 final-year examinations did not make it to form-seven. This was despite the examination offered at a ‘moderate’ difficulty level, ministry…

Forms 4 and 6 placements to be released today

FROMS ‘Four and Six’ national examination placements will be declared today and released to the public. Deputy Permanent Secretary (DPS) of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) Mr James Bosamata updated this during yesterday’s first 2021 Coronavirus…

Logger turns on other loggers

ORION Limited Managing Manager, Chan Chee Min has questioned the “tactics” and “ploys” employed by some logging companies operating in the country to export logs overseas. Chan gave examples of companies like FR Resources, ES Suba Enterprise Limited, Bulacan International…