BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE Republic of China (Taiwan) has opened a new opportunity for Solomon Islands scholars to live and work in Taiwan. His Excellency Roger Luo on Tuesday said the programme commences this year. He said, “We have…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HONIARA City Council has received a new storage of environmental learning Centre for waste management for sustainable community development from JICA yesterday. The Centre was located at the Ranadi Landfill. It is an initiative from the…
Foreign owned company only supplier to receive millions of CDF payments from government By Alfred Sasako THE Ministry of Finance and Treasury has reportedly renewed the Government’s Preferred Supplier Policy, which many say is favouring foreign-owned companies, it was…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA SOLOMON Islands is hosting the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) in Honiara this week. The purpose of this PLMAM is to provide a regular forum to discuss regional labour mobility priorities. Established under the Labour Mobility…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA SOLOMON Islanders continue to benefit from the Seasonal Workers Scheme (SWS) in Australia. Since its establishment in 2012, the number of farm workers from Solomon Islands has more than doubled from 42 in 2012 to 87 in…
By Alfred Sasako WHEN the Government introduced the ‘Preferred Supplier’ policy in 2016, no one ever thought one supplier would be raking in the lion share of the controversial Constituency Development Fund (CDF) grants controlled by Members of Parliament. A…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA PRIME Minister Rick Hou has congratulated the Government and people of the Republic of China/Taiwan on the celebrations of their 107th National Day. In his talk last night, PM Hou says this year also marks the 35th…
Increase number shown but omission and objection has last say By Alfred Sasako THE Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has revised upward the final tally for last month’s voter registration, which shows 148, 171 people registered to vote. “As of…
Six provinces confirmed so far for Solomon Games By Taromane Martin WESTERN Province will not be part of the 7th Solomon Games to be hosted in Rennell and Bellona province next month. Chairman for the 2018 Renbel Solomon Games Mr…
BY ROMULUS HUTA COLEMAN Makau is the new leader in the race for the Telekom S-League golden boot. This follows the player’s hat-trick netted over the weekend in Western United’s 3-2 narrow win over KOSSA at Lawson Tama Stadium. Makau’s…
