BLC labels this a regrettable decision & serious omission BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA PROVISIONS against illicit gains have been removed from the Anti-Corruption Bill 2016, and this has been described by the Bills and Legislations Committee (BLC) as a regrettable and…
BY ROMULUS HUTA NATIONAL female weightlifter Jenlyn Wini had won a gold medal in the Commonwealth and the Oceania Weightlifting Championships currently underway in Gold Coast, Australia. Wini snatched gold in the women’s 58kg category to claim both the…
Treasury records $20 million weekly revenue collection shortfall on September 1 By Alfred Sasako GOVERNMENT Treasury recorded a $20 million shortfall in its weekly revenue collection on September 1. As a result, government cheques made out to pay…
SOLOMON Islands National University signed a new contract yesterday with Our Telekom, which would increase the University’s telecommunications system. The event convened SINU’s Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Basil Marasinghe and Our Telekom CEO, Mr Loyley Ngira, and staffs of both organisations. Our Telekom will supply and install an Internet…
BY ROMULUS HUTA THE national futsal side will leave for Turkmenistan on Monday to attend the Fifth Asian Indoor Games. This is four days ahead of the Games which officially kicks off in the city of Ashgabat next Saturday. Kurukuru…
MORE and more I read of incidents and disputes occurring in the Solomon Islands involving Asian logging contractors and indigenous landowners. I can cite several cases in which logging equipment and machinery has been torched allegedly by angry landowners when…
It feels like win: Felipe BY ROMULUS HUTA THE performance by the Solomon Islands national soccer side in yesterday’s 2-all draw against the New Zealand All Whites in Honiara would in some way helped rejuvenated some form of pride in…
By Alfred Sasako THE Magistrates Court has issued about eight search warrants to JANUS, the crack anti-corruption unit, to help it burrow through mountains of corruption allegations against officials and politicians. These warrants were sought and received by Police…
ACCORDING to a recent Radio New Zealand International news item, the European Union wants its aid and development to the region to be better targeted to the Pacific. The RNZI bulletin said:- “The EU is preparing for the end of…
THE UK Evening Standard newspaper of 4 September 2017 gave exciting news of a scientific development of a camera capable of seeing through the human body. Quoting the newspaper article it said:- “Scientists in Scotland have developed a new camera…
