BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE petition signing against the withdrawal of the Anti-Corruption Bill which started on Sept 8, 2017 remains on a strong hold as signing continued yesterday. The campaign’s leading figure, Dr Huddie Namo said the petition signing…
A group of five Duff Islanders of Temotu Province have recreated history by successfully linking their canoe making and sailing traditional knowledge, technology and skills with Fara’ngaw Tribal Nations of Amis ethnic group in Taitung County of Taiwan. Led by…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE PUBLIC have been urged to mobilise and have their voices heard on matters of national interest. Member of parliament for West Makira Hon Derrick Manu’ari, signing the petition to have government return the anti-corruption bill to…
Audit finds SI Ports Authority without key policies By Alfred Sasako SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) does not have key polices despite it being the nation’s oldest State-Owned Enterprise (SOE), an external audit has found. KPMG Fiji, which last year…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI A new project was recently launched under the joint partnership of STDF, FAO and SIG during the one-day inception workshop on NPHL ISO 17025 accreditation. The aim of the project is to develop the capacity of the…
THE Young Women’s Parliamentary Group (YWPG) is again taking the lead in advocating to end cervical cancer. The group did a group pap-smear test at the Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association (SIPPA) clinic on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. This is…
BY ROMULUS HUTA THE Solomon Islands national under-17 futsal team will open their campaign in the upcoming Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Youth Futsal Tournament against American Samoa and New Zealand in the opening day on October 4. The Oceania Youth…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI A man stands accused in Auki court for lying to people and obtaining money from them. Yesterday, the court read out allegations against Mr Peter Fakaia which include making false promises to people in return for…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PUBLIC signing of the petition against the withdrawal of the Anti-corruption Bill in Parliament is still on process. It is understood that yesterday was the date reported for the signing of petition to be presented at Parliament…
By Taromane Martin DAY three of competition from the 2017 Solrice Inter Islands rugby challenge yesterday sees Bellona rugby team leading Pool B. Bellona climb to the top of the table after destroying Isabel, 72-7 in their final pool match…