BY NED GAGAHE The day-long tourism focus event is set to commence today 11.30 at the Heritage Park Hotel. The annual Tourism in Focus gathering will be hosted by Tourism Solomons, and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is expected to deliver…
Two-week window starts Feb 27 THE Labour Mobility Unit (LMU) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade is opening the new recruitment drive for workers to work in New Zealand and Australia, from February 27 to March 10.…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE draft Federal Constitution needs to go through a cost analysis and peer review before the Government can proceed with it. This after the draft Bill is still with the Constitutional Review Unit under the Office of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO Parliament Entitlements Commission (PAC) has begun its consultation with relevant stakeholders last month to increase the salaries of Members of Parliament. PEC has met with Solomon Islands Council of Trade Union recently following threat of demonstration after…
By EDDIE OSIFELO WORK on the deteriorating roads in Honiara should start after the Central Tender Board awarded contracts to three companies on January 12, this year. They are EMCO company, Solomon Sheet Steel and Xiao. Ministry of Infrastructure Development…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO FIFTY nurses have signed up for overseas jobs and have left the country. Secretary of the Prime Minister Dr Jimmie Rodgers confirmed this in a press conference yesterday. “50 or so nurses are leaving the country…
Malaita non-executive find success in third attempt. MARA executives boycott motion BY SAMIE WAIKORI Malaita province’s Premier Daniel Suidani has been ousted by way of motion of no-confidence. This motion is the non-executives’ third attempt to remove Mr Suidani. Suidani…
… to become a thing of the past, soon BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Whenever it rains in Honiara, the water supply gets cut-off in most parts. This has been an ongoing problem which notably began in 2018. But, a ground-breaking…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE US has said its reopening of an embassy in the Solomons is not a response to any country’s action. Russell Comeau, chargé d’affaires ad interim, United States Embassy Solomon Islands told a press conference this…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO US visas will still be managed by the embassy in Port Moresby, PNG. The newly reopened United States embassy in Solomon Islands confirmed this yesterday. This was echoed by Russell Comeau, chargé d’affaires ad interim, United…
