Travellers to pay for Solomon Islands’ newest state-owned enterprise By Alfred Sasako INTERNATIONAL and domestic travellers alike have been slugged a hefty Airport Tax in an attempt to assist the Government set up the nation’s newest State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),…
BY ROMULUS HUTA THE lone foreign inclusion into the provisional national under-19 boys’ soccer training squad will join the team next month. Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Media Officer Simon Abana confirmed on Monday. Europe-based Marcus Chan was among the 25 players enlisted for the provisional under-19 training squad in preparation…
Under-16 boys may train in Japan ahead of Qualifiers BY ROMULUS HUTA PLANS are underway at the moment to get the national under-16 men’s soccer team fully prepared and in shape ahead of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Under-16 Championship this year. The biennial Oceania Under-16 Championship will be…
BY ELLISON.T.VAHI WITH inequalities facing women and girls, there is a desirable need to address this gender inequality. According to the Solomon islands Family Health and Safety Study, women between ages 15 – 49 who had ever been in…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO THE Western Provincial government executive meeting has been scheduled for May 14-18 in Gizo. Deputy Premier Maloney Lopoto confirmed to Island Sun Gizo yesterday the 11 executive members under Premier Wayne Maepioh will meet before the…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MINISTER for Fisheries and Marine Resources has asked the Secretariat Pacific Community (SPC) to donate more Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) to Solomon Islands communities. In a handover ceremony of 20 FADs to 16 constituencies, Minister John…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CENTRAL Province (CIP) citizens have commended the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Tulagi for conducting awareness talk on illegal brewery (kwaso) and marijuana for students. The awareness talk according to Solomon Business Magazine (SBM) online…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA DEFENCE lawyer representing a 19-year-old man charged for immigration offence has sought adjournment on the case to allow him time to look through the pre-trial conference papers. Defence lawyer Nelson Laurere told the court that he needs…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HONIARA City Council has labelled car washing businesses in Honiara as illegal, due to ‘running without licence’. Concerns had been raised earlier by retail businesses and car-wash businesses who question why they are paying licence…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HONIARA City council (HCC) says there will be no by-election for ward-12 this year. HCC explains that its decision not to hold by-elections is because the council will be dissolved in December this year. This…
