By Mike Puia PERMANENT Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma, provided an interesting observation on how government money is being spent on the field and the results it produces. Mr Kuma revealed that based on data…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PERMANENT secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs Mr George Palua highlighted that women’s leadership and political participation is not an isolated matter. “On the contrary it is an issue that affects our society as whole,…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) has safely removed unexploded bomb found at the Panatina Creek in East Honiara yesterday. The RSIPF EOD responded to a report saying a bomb was sighted by children close…
FORTY officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Fire and Rescue Service are currently undertaking self-contain breathing apparatus (SCBA) training at the smoke cell training facility at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara. “This training is to train…
By Gary Hatigeva FINANCE Minister and Member of Parliament for East Choiseul has categorically denied and rejected claims that logging operators have heavily influenced the government or its ministers over their forestry policies. At the eve of deliberations into the…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands scholars studying at USP’s Emalus campus in Vanuatu are frustrated over allowance cuts which is affecting their studies and living. Some are reportedly considering deferring their studies for next year. Sources from Emalus say…
MEXICO’S Ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Eduardo Patricio Pena Haller presented his credentials to the Governor General, His Excellency Sir Frank Kabui in Honiara yesterday. Mr Haller expressed his excitement and determination to deepen and enhance the relation between…
By Gary Hatigeva GOVERNMENT should take deliberate efforts to increase funding in agriculture research to increase food production in the country, members of parliament from the opposition and independent group said. Their argument came in light of committee proceedings during…
By Gary Hatigeva MINISTER of Foreign Affairs Milner Tozaka has revealed that the allocation of just over $3million in the budget to Solomon Islands’ London mission in the United Kingdom will be a one-off maximised costing that would enable the…
By Alfred Sasako SOLOMON Islands’ students studying at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Campuses at Laucala in Fiji and Emalus in Vanuatu have started feeling the pinch from the austerity measures introduced by the Government in this year’s…
