Choiseul police detains man for illegally crossing SI-PNG border POLICE Taro, Choiseul province, are holding a 28-year-old man from Ukraine who had illegally entered the country through the border with Papua New Guinea. Police had been alerted by the Immigration…
Micro-project funding converted into discretionary fund By Alfred Sasako MICRO project funding administered by Parliament has been converted into discretionary funds giving Members of Parliament direct control over the use of half a million dollars each annually. The information was…
By Gary Hatigeva FINANCE Minister and Member of Parliament for East Choiseul, Manasseh Sogavare has assured the country that the National Government will deliver on its development programmes and implement all its priority policies. The Minister made this assurance when…
Education ministry cuts salaries for 380 teachers on in-service training By Alfred Sasako EDUCATION Authorities have reportedly begun penalising teachers who are undertaking in-service training to upgrade their qualifications, it was revealed yesterday. And the Minister of Education and Human…
First C’wealth medal renews call to construct standard sporting facilities BY ROMULUS HUTA THE bronze medal won by female lifter Jenlyn Wini has renewed calls for immediate construction of international standard sporting facilities in Solomon Islands. Ronald Bei Talasasa Junior,…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela met with a high-level delegation from the Australia Government at the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (OPMC) yesterday. During the meeting, Prime Minister Hou reiterated his Government’s commitment in seeing this project progress further.…
By Alfred Sasako SIG-SPONSORED students at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji have been assured their monthly allowance would not be affected, students at the Laucala Campus told Island Sun yesterday. They said the National Training Unit [NTU]…
THE Gizo-Kolombangara by-election is set to go ahead next month, with seven months remaining before the current parliament dissolves. The by-election is to fill a parliamentary seat that was left vacant since December 2017. With Parliament dissolving around the second…
Guadalcanal plains palm oil outgrowers lash out at 2018 Budget BY LYNTON AARON FILIA OUTGROWERS of Guadalcanal oil palm plantation are disappointed with the national government’s budget for 2018, it is reported. Guadalcanal plain farmers say they have been neglected…
BY election date for Gizo/Kolombangara constituency has been proclaimed by the Governor General, Sir Frank Kabui this morning 10th April 2018. May 23 2018 has been announced as the election date for Gizo/Kolombangara constituency. Gizo/Kolombangara has been without a Member…
