BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Food will be available for families who need food during lockdown. The ministry of agriculture (MAL) has been assigned to make sure this service is available during the 36-hour lockdown which starts 6pm this Sunday. However, due…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA There will 10 police check-points within the emergency zone from Poha to Alligator Creek during the 36-hour lockdown. Assistant Commissioner Simpson Pogeava revealed during a joint press conference yesterday that public within the declared emergency zone must…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI Government has announced there will be an increase to the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) for provinces by 2022. This means there will be more projects to be implemented in the provinces under the PCDF programme,…
By EDDIE OSIFELO GOVERNMENT has no role to order businesses to change their policies. This explanation came after some businesses houses made rules to accept customers who have been vaccinated only. Special Secretary to Prime Minister, Albert Kabui said business…
THE Prime Minister’s Office says the front page headline by Island Sun newspaper ‘GOVT BOWS TO MALAITA’ is outright misleading and way off the mark. Special Secretary to Prime Minister Albert Kabui urges media outlets to report facts and not…
BY BEN BILUAGizo PREMIER of Western Province says the existing governance hierarchy from the central to provincial government is a curse to development. David Gina made the statement in reference to greater partnership and collective decision-making process towards needed development.…
THE People’s Republic of China (PRC) Embassy has donated sets of computers to Island Sun to support the newspaper’s role in the dissemination of information during the Covid-19 challenges. PRC’s Counsellor and deputy ambassador Yao Ming handed the computers to…
THE Tina River Hydropower Development Project has partnered with the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) to enroll 15 students from the Tina River communities to upskill and train locals under the Community Benefit Sharing Program (CBSP). Starting next week and…
THE Guadalcanal Provincial Government’s provincial Minister for Women, Youth and Sports opened the Gold Ridge Women Association shop yesterday. Situated at the Gold Ridge Mine Site, the retail shop is registered and trading under business name Suta Enterprises Company Ltd,…
Solomon Ports is continuing its ongoing improvement of the domestic terminal at the Honiara Port, Point Cruz. Earlier this month a ground-breaking ceremony was held to mark the commencement of construction of four new jetties, which is just next to…
