THE Family Support Centre says it strongly condemns the rape of women and young girls in the community. In a statement, the centre said recently there are a lot of rape cases that occurred in the communities, which is very…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands National University has denied any influence by Vice Chancellor Ganesh Chand to advertise 228 positions currently. This after some people have questioned the decision by SINU to end the contracts of such high number of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE country will not celebrate the 43rd Independence tomorrow like it used to do in previous years. A well-place source said the decision not to hold an official celebration was based on the Cabinet’s decision made last…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands will be able to open its borders if its vaccination coverage reaches more than 80 percent. This was echoed by Health permanent secretary Pauline McNeil during a recent radio talkback on the Solomon Islands…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Individuals who wish to go overseases as seasonal workers are being urged to vaccinate before leaving Solomon Islands for Australia and New Zealand. Dr Yogesh Choudhri, Advisor to Ministry of Health and Medical Services echoed the…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case of a man alleged of obtaining money by faking his death has been adjourned for July 12 for mention. Peter Fakaia is accused of faking his own death and obtaining $76,000 from a local pharmacist…
MARKET Linkage Phase 11 Project of World Vision Solomon Islands in Makira Area Program has recorded a total of 13.9 tons of Cocoa value at $145,846.78 produced by its Producer Groups for the first half of this year. The figure…
THE Government’s Economic Stimulus Package implementation has reached its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) stages. This is according to a statement the ESP Oversight Committee issued yesterday. “Honiara and Guadalcanal Province are the first two provinces for the M&E stages,” the…
BY JARED KOLI THE University of the South Pacific (USP) has confirmed that the next Solomon Islands Campus Graduation has been scheduled for October 2021. According to USP’s Student Administrative Services (SAS), the graduation will be for students in the…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT 4,000 people from Atori to Kwai Island in East Malaita will have access to bore well water sources. This after a Non-Government Organisation, Clean Water 4 Life ministry is working in collaboration with Malaita Provincial Member…
