BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO GOVERNMENT acted promptly to apologise over yesterday’s stabbing of a Japanese military officer at Bloody Ridge, east of Honiara. The attack, by a man police say was mentally ill, marred what was to be a solemn…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government will be very careful in handling the issue of deep-sea mining in the country, Mines minister Tovosia says. THE Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification will be guided by the following international obligations and…
Help Xavier get the cancer treatment he needs overseas By OFANI EREMAE AS he hugged his critically-ill son on his bed at the National Referral Hospital (NRH), Francis Bele could not imagine losing a child he called “the apple of…
BY BEN BILUAGizo REGISTRATION Manager of Western Province has called on voters registration officials carry out their duties in an honest and ethical manner. Patrict Toiraena made the call during the launching of Western Province’s voters registration process on Tuesday.…
OPPOSITION leader Matthew Wale has lashed out at the Prime Minister’s decision to remove the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) as a State Owned Enterprise (SOE). In a statement yesterday, Mr Wale said this is yet again another scheme orchestrated…
By EDDIE OSIFELO Solomon Islands has joined the global call to have the United Nations Inter-Governmental Conference to conclude its work on the “BBNJ” Treaty, also known as the “Treaty of the High Seas” this year. The BBNJ is an…
BY BEN BILUA Gizo VOTER registration in Western Province is looking at approximately 6,500 new voters to register for the upcoming provincial election in December 14th. Registration Manager, the Deputy Provincial Secretary of Western Province, Patrick Toiraena made the statement…
Within a week of her arrival in Canberra, the new US Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, on Monday this week paid one of her first courtesy calls on Mr. Robert Sisilo, Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Australia. Being new, and…
SIWIBA members have successfully completed a three-day floral arrangement training for Honiara members. The training ran from July 27-29 at the SIWIBA Business Development Centre, facilitated by Karina Aubira Paineitala and Ethel Saelea. Fifteen members attended the training and were…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Guadalcanal is working on reopening the once popular CITREC job opportunity in Canada. “The task of reopening the CITREC program is ongoing,” Guadalcanal premier Francis Sade echoed. He said under this the Canadian International Training and…
