BY MAVIS NSIHIMURA PODOKOLO TWENTY two percent of Solomon Islands rural households are reportedly involved in cocoa production. This was revealed yesterday by Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela, who agrees that this is a significant portion of the country’s population. Hou…
TWO more GP-CITREC graduates are heading to British Columbia (BC) in Canada under the newly rolled out Agricultural Stream programme. Yesterday at the Guadalcanal provincial headquarter, Mr Hamilton Sala and Ms Maureen Savi signed their contract and other legal documents…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki ABOUT 25 women in Auki will today complete a three-day training on food handling and hygiene. Malaita Provincial Chief Health Inspector, Ms Gloria Siwainao said the training is purposely to reach out to vendors to increase…
By Gary Hatigeva THE Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OMPC) has come under heavy criticism. Its officials who have been tasked to prepare the reintroduced Anti-Corruption Bill, have been blamed for not putting emphasis on the Bill. This…
A 47-year-old man who has been on the run following the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman in the Tenaru area of Central Guadalcanal has been arrested by police in Malu’u, North Malaita on April 30, 2018. It is alleged…
TSL AWARDS NIGHT HELD By Taromane Martin THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) together with their major sponsors, Our Telekom has successfully staged the prize and presentation night for the winners of last season’s Telekom Soccer League and the top…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO WESTERN provincial government is focused on resurrecting its six provincial farm, in an attempt to improve the province’s agriculture sector Premier Wayne Maepioh said, “We are currently working at improving provincial farms to assist all our…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley says investigation into the alleged armed robbery which occurred on the Lee Kwok Kuen boss is still ongoing. Responding to questions raised during yesterday’s police conference, he said that at this stage there…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley says the main issue highlighted during the Melanesian Spearheard Group police commissioners conference was security challenge. He said it is an annual police commissioners conference, and during the two-and-half-day conference they discussed how…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE INTERESTING findings from a research carried out in three provinces to see how attitudes and communication about violence against women and girls in the country has found that children in Temotu province are the first to…
