CIP citizens thank NGF for carrying out logging and mining awareness
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
CENTRAL Islands Province (CIP) citizens thank Social Media’s famous Ngella Forum (NGF) Team for their efforts of carrying out awareness over the weekend on the effects of logging and mining.
The team...
Leaders battle imbalance between conservation and development
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA
DEFORESTATION and climate change affect sustainable dependency of Solomon Islands’ communities on traditional agro-forests and subsistence fishing for food and livelihood needs.
Over the years, there has been an ongoing tug-of-war between...
Parliament steps in to plug leak in national coffers
By Alfred Sasako
ORDINARY Members of Parliament will no longer be allowed hotel accommodation during sittings of Parliament, it was revealed yesterday.
Instead, the five or six Ordinary MPs will receive a lump sum payment of...
MP Manetoali freed
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
THE Member of Parliament for Gao-Bugotu Constituency Samuel Eaney Manetoali has been acquitted of all 18 counts of conversion after the presiding Principal Magistrate Fatimah Taeburi ruled that there was no sufficient...
Report not ready, parliament adjourned
By Gary Hatigeva
PARLIAMENT yesterday adjourned for Wednesday March 28, deferring any debates into the Appropriation Bill 2018 due to unavailability of the report from the public accounts committee (PAC) for deliberation.
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela...
CBSI governor pleased with World Bank and IMF board of governors meeting
SOLOMON Islands head of delegation and Governor for Solomon Islands on the IMF Board of Governors, Denton Rarawa, is pleased with the fruitful outcome of this year’s meetings with the senior management of the...
Four clubs register so far for HFA pre-season
BY ROMULUS HUTA
THE Honiara Football Association (HFA) gives a few days grace period until the end of this week for teams who are yet to submit their expression of interest for the pre-season qualifying...
Meneniaru requests SPC for more FADs
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA
MINISTER for Fisheries and Marine Resources has asked the Secretariat Pacific Community (SPC) to donate more Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) to Solomon Islands communities.
In a handover ceremony of 20 FADs to...
Many youths suffer from failed penis experiments in silence
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
THE number of cases of males suffering from complications to their penis due to failed enlargement practices has lowered dramatically at the national referral hospital (NRH).
However, in the streets there are many...
Futsal challenge looms
THE Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) Futsal Challenge 2018 will commence on November 5, Solomon Islands Football federation (SIFF) confirms yesterday.
The challenge is part of the SIPA-sponsored national futsal league which concluded in June...