BY JENNIFER KUSAPA SENTENCING and mitigation submission on the case against a man convicted of stealing a cash box containing local and foreign currencies will likely be made today. The case was listed before Deputy Chief Magistrate Ricky Iomea. This…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ABOUT 109 passengers have travelled with Solomon Airlines so far under the ‘Iumi Tugeda Holidays’ travel bubble initiative introduced in March this year. The Government through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is trying to keep the…
TECHNICAL studies and community consultation for the development of relocation guidelines for low-lying atolls and artificial islands vulnerable to climate change will commence soon as preparation and logistic work is finalised. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has contracted an international…
PRIME Manasseh Sogavare has promised to increase government funding for the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF). He made the assurance in Tulagi, Central Province, Tuesday at the province’s Second Appointed Day. Initiated in 2008 with donor support and an annual…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO MORE than 70 public servants graduated with certificates after completing a training delivered by the Institute of Public Administration and Management, (IPAM) a division in the Ministry of Public Service (MPS). IPAM is a mandated body…
The UN Development Programme, SolRice, and the Government of Australia have joined forces to acknowledge women’s leadership and their role in achieving social change through the dissemination of 85 000 copies of the Outstanding Women (OW) of Solomon Islands booklet. SolRice…
THE Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Ministry of Finance and Treasury and the Ministry of Commerce, Labour and Immigration welcomed the month of July with a corporate flag- hoisting ceremony yesterday. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare led the brief…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Wednesday reiterated the Government’s respect and commitment to the “One China Policy” when he attended the opening of a Photo Exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC)…
I will increase PCDF: Sogavare Prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has promised that he will increase the development fund (PCDF) for all provinces. He announced on Tuesday this week that under his leadership, the provincial capacity development fund (PCDF) will be…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA CENTRAL Islands premier Stanley Manetiva has voiced the need of an additional constituency for the province. This call has been one ruminating under successive provincial governments of Central Islands, and Mr Manetiva is putting this desire at…
