BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MORE than 2,000 student members of the dissolved Solomon Islands National University Students Association (SINUSA) are questioning the University’s integrity over the termination of eight students in response to last month’s strike. They are questioning if…
By Alfred Sasako THE impact of dwindling external financial support is beginning to show as donors, suffering funding fatigue, wind back their generosity. With 52 percent cut in external funding this year, service delivery in the social services sector, is…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley says there are no plans as yet to rearm other police units. He said this in response to questions on whether officers in provincial stations which have the PRT stationed in are legible…
MAL orders cattle from farm with TB-outbreak history BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A cattle farm in Fiji the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) orders cattle from has a history of cattle tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, it is reported. Interestingly, MAL’s Livestock…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PRESENCE of Solomon Islands cocoa in the world market is positively impacting the country’s capacity and economy. The success of the country’s cocoa industry means increasing income for cocoa producing communities, more employment created and wellbeing…
SOLOMON Islands nationals travelling to Canada as part of the foreign worker programme or migrating under permanent residence nomination programme from Guadalcanal province, will be benefiting from a new partnership arrangement with Air Canada for their travel into Canada. This…
By Alfred Sasako GULATATA’E Shipping Enterprise Ltd – the company that runs the LC Gulatata’e in ferrying passengers and cargo – has been de-registered and could be operating illegally, government officials revealed yesterday. Its sister company, Gulatata’e Land Transport Services…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA FOUR men from the Western province have been arrested on board MV Fair Glory yesterday morning after being found with invalid passenger tickets of Fairwest Shipping Company. There have been a number of invalid Fairwest Shipping tickets…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE KOLOBISI Tailings Dam Association (KTDA) and Metapono Downstream Association (MDA) of East Guadalcanal are calling on the national government and owners of the Gold Ridge project to be more transparent and inclusive in current efforts to…
By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela is off on a 15-day, two-nation tour next week, taking in Japan and later Taiwan. Senior officials have confirmed the trip, saying Mr Houenipwela is attending the Summit-level meeting called Pacific Islands Leaders’…
