BY BEN BILUAin Gizo CHIEF Education Officer of Western Province, Freedom Tozaka says partnership is the only way forward towards achieving development goals during COVID-19. He made the statement during his visit to Buri School, Rannongga Island, Western Province on…
West New Georgia-Vonavona MP sets history by channelling constituency funds through wards Member of parliament for West New Georgia-Vonavona, Silas Vangara, has broken history by merging constituency and provincial wards. His constituency development fund (CDF) will be channelled to the…
BY BEN BILUA IN GIZO BURI Community High School in Ranongga Island, Western Province is calling on kind hearted individuals or organisations to help address their water supply project. Principal of the School, Gregory Patovaki made the call when Chief…
BY BEN BILUA GOVERNMENT’s institutions have demonstrated lack of capabilities in research and welfare of the country’s environment and are depending on International Non Government Organisations to provide necessary information. This was demonstrated in the current coral bleaching event which…
BY BEN BILUA MANAGER of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Dr Alec Hughes says institutions and organisation need to share important information that would help establish better understanding on environment threat and to make sound decision towards environment issues and mitigation…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services is stepping up its presence at the Western Border due to the worrying covid-19 situation in PNG and Bougainville. Incident Controller to the Health ministry, Dr Gregory Jilini said they…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Choiseul province government is wary of the high risk of covid-19 entering the country via the western border. Ward 12 MPA, Nerio Ulemiki voiced concern on how traditional border crossers from Western region and Bougainville could potentially…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO TWO foreigners have breached State of Public Emergency (SOPE). Pauline McNeil, permanent secretary to Ministry of Health said these two breached the State of Public Emergency “in the sense that they were not allowed to disembark…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU WHILE Honiara is scraping hard with fish prices in its central market, Gizo is reportedly enjoying ridiculously low prices for fish. Heavy rains and bad weather is reportedly making fishermen spiking their prices high in Honiara, citing…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA No illegal entry had been reported since the Christmas Period along the declared emergency zone in the western border as well as in Choiseul province. This is according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during his nationwide address…
