BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO LACK of breeding sites in the Solomon Islands has led to 60 Santa Cruz ground doves being shipped to Singapore two weeks ago with the hope of repopulating their inhabitants. With the absence of prioritising breeding…
OFFICERS of the Emergency Response Group (ERG) in the Correctional Services of Solomon Islands (CSSI) are urged to maintain their skills learnt during a one-week intensive Public Order Management (POM) training from August 13-17, 2018 at the Rove Police Headquarters…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA MANAGING waste and controlling pollution for Solomon Islands will require national effort that includes high-level political leadership, effective policy and legal frameworks, development of appropriate institutional capacity and changing attitudes starting at individual to community, provincial and…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA COME June 2019, Selwyn College will be using electricity generated from solar powered grid. Revealing this last week before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Meteorology, Dr Melchior…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THREE staff houses in Afio, Malaita province under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) are in deteriorating conditions since last year with no renovation done. MAL’s principal Field Officer in Afio Mr Eddie Saokwai raised…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Auki/Langalanga Member of Parliament Mathew Wale says it seems as if they are making fools of themselves especially with the tedious process of going through the country’s budget. Last week during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI MALAITA province will join the CITREC programme in education, tourism and export opportunities with the people and government of Canada. Premier Peter Ramohia has also called on the national government to help provinces towards joining CITREC.…
A team from SINU’s Marketing & Promotions department last week visited schools in Malaita for a careers talk. The team was promoting the National University at the recent Yam Festival organised and held in South Malaita and later visited schools…
POLICE in Malaita province are investigating the death of a 58-year-old man while on a fishing trip at Goulu Village in North Malaita on August 17, 2018. Supervising Provincial Police Commander, Malaita Province, Superintendent Timothy Apaesi says, “The deceased fisherman…
A new partnership arrangement will see the Australian Government, through the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman (OCO), provide support to the Office of the Ombudsman Solomon Islands (OOSI) and the Leadership Code Commission of Solomon Islands (LCC). The arrangement will…
