BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MCT) is unlikely to engage in any big project this year, it is reported. This, according to the ministry’s permanent secretary Andrew Nihopara, is due to the government’s huge budget…
THE SIDCC Government through the Ministry of Forest and Research (MOFR) yesterday consulted the civil society groups, non-government organisations and national private sector organisations including commercial banks and education institution representatives on its ongoing consultation to review the current Forest…
BY LORETTA BRGIDIA MANELE THE huge crater in Naha 4 road along with the road’s deteriorated state has convened responsible authorities to discuss how to fix it. Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID), Solomon Water and Our Telekom met on Wednesday…
PRIME Minister Rick Hou has encouraged the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to show responsibility in deliberating on the 2018 Budget. Prime Minister Hou made this statement when clarifying reasons for the prolonging of the Budget. He explained that Parliament was…
By Alfred Sasako WONG Hook Ping – the man at the centre of alleged illegal logging of the Komarigi Reserve in East Guadalcanal – has defended the operations, saying One Pacific Company Ltd has done nothing wrong. And yesterday, he…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA ASPIRING young leaders across the Pacific islands countries on Wednesday celebrated their first alumni reunion of the Pacific Islands Leadership Programme (PILP) in Honiara. The event convened young leaders from Papua New Guinea, Nauru, French Polynesia,…
‘Calls to reform Forestry Regulations’ By Gary Hatigeva MEMBER of Parliament for Aoke/Langalanga and member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Matthew Wale has described Solomon Islands’ situation in the forestry-logging industry as a daylight robbery, having been robbed off…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE Honiara central market has had its lightings improved recently. The improved lights installed include the security lights across the four corners of the market building and few other electric light bulbs within the building. Honiara…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO HONIARA central market vendors have been urged to comply with the newly introduced regulation on opening and closing times of the main market. This was raised after some vendors got caught serving consumers through fence rails…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA AS of next month the Honiara City Council (HCC) will remove the licence from public buses found to be running short routes, it is reported. At the moment, the HCC Taskforce responsible for transportation service are…
