BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO GIZO Community High School in Western province has been forced to shut down after students posted profanity and threats against their teachers on Facebook. The school teachers have declared the school closed until further notice. A…
THE Secretary General of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland has acknowledged Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela and his Government’s policy shift to place more emphasis on youth development. Ms Scotland made this acknowledgement after she was briefed by the Prime Minister on…
PRIME Minister Rick Hou has held bilateral talks with Norway’s International Development Minister Hon Nikolai Astrup at the margins of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Summit in Nauru this week. During the meeting, Mr Hou acknowledged Norway for its significant…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CONSTITUENTS are now reported to be re-registering in other Constituencies because of no longer having trust in their own Constituency pointing directly of being fed-up of corruption. If people are switching constituencies then such twist from citizens…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme with the Australian Government at the margins of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Nauru on Tuesday. Prime Minister Hou signed the MoU with the…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) system in Solomon Islands is said to be not effective. Speaking during a training for stakeholders on the EIA processes, Under Secretary Technical of the Ministry of Climate Change Disaster Management (MCDM)…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA A new packet of candies for children depicting cigarettes is currently on sale in shops in Honiara. Brought to limelight via social media, this packet of candy has sparked a public debate by those who saw it.…
Concerns over smoke-like candies in shops, painting positive pictures on cigarettes By Gary Hatigeva PARENTS are concerned over the new set of candies currently being sold in many Chinese shops around Honiara. While parents and schools are doing their best…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Director of Engineering in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID), known to most as Harry Rini, was bade farewell in a funeral service held at the Maranatha Hall on Monday. The late Ralph Rini Lilo Harry…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Solomon Islands United Party is calling on the government to quickly carry out the process of installing a Commissioner of Elections to oversee the Registration of Political Parties. Speaking to Island Sun during the opening of…
