BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki MALAITA Provincial Chief Health Inspection Ms Gloria Siwainao said her office is committed on ensuring food safety in the province. She made the statement following the recent complaint on expired goods found sold in shops in…
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 Gary Hatigeva MINISTER for the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) John Dean Kuku says he only travels overseas to attend conferences and oversea meetings if they are necessary. The Minister clarified this when questioned during Parliament’s…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki MALAITA province needs improvement in its revenue collection mechanism. Senior Revenue Officer from the Revenue Department under the provincial Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Mr John Houma made the account in light of working toward addressing…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE Keeping track of how constituency funds are spent during an MP’s term in office is highly important. This is according to Paramount Chief Benedict Garimane of Thimbo tribe, North Guadalcanal. He stressed that since money allocated…
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…
