PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela met with a high-level delegation from the Australia Government at the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (OPMC) yesterday. During the meeting, Prime Minister Hou reiterated his Government’s commitment in seeing this project progress further.…
By Gary Hatigeva PRIME Minister, Rick Hounipwela has urged the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) to quickly convene and start looking into the remaining government proposed legislations that are now ready for BLC deliberation. Prime Minister Hou made this call…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA SCOPING study into the undersea cable from Australia to Solomon Islands is now complete. Leading a high-level delegation from the Australian Government is Deputy Secretary, Penny Williams who travelled to Honiara to present the findings of the…
By Alfred Sasako SIG-SPONSORED students at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji have been assured their monthly allowance would not be affected, students at the Laucala Campus told Island Sun yesterday. They said the National Training Unit [NTU]…
THE Gizo-Kolombangara by-election is set to go ahead next month, with seven months remaining before the current parliament dissolves. The by-election is to fill a parliamentary seat that was left vacant since December 2017. With Parliament dissolving around the second…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA) has three years to prepare to take full control of the country’s airspace, it is reported. Currently, Australia has a 40 percent share over Solomon Islands airspace. This is because…
Guadalcanal plains palm oil outgrowers lash out at 2018 Budget BY LYNTON AARON FILIA OUTGROWERS of Guadalcanal oil palm plantation are disappointed with the national government’s budget for 2018, it is reported. Guadalcanal plain farmers say they have been neglected…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MINISTRY of Health and Medical Service (MHMS) celebrated World Health Day yesterday with physical activities. This year’s celebration is marked from April 5-7 but MHMS and World Health Organisation (WHO) in Honiara celebrated the day yesterday.…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA CHINA Harbour Engineering (SI) Company Ltd (CHEC) recently celebrated two occasions. One for its third year in the Solomon Islands and the other is for the completion of the Transport Sector Flood Recovery Project. Speaking on the…
By Alfred Sasako ATOIFI Hospital has wrapped up its Health Expo and DVD launch in Honiara – part of its fundraising drive in support of the East Kwaio-based Hospital’s patients’ feeding program. The feeding program began a few years ago…
