Honiara is buzzing with excitement as national soccer teams from seven regional countries started arriving in the country for the much awaited Oceania Nations Cup. Already we have the Vanuatu side which arrived last week, followed by Samoa on Sunday, New Caledonia on Monday then Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Tahiti yesterday. The final…
LATE last week the country was disturbed to learn that an inter-island was missing after it failed to reach its destination. That marine vessel was Solfish 001. It was on its way to the far eastern province of Temotu. It left Honiara on Monday and was expected to arrive in Lata on Wednesday. Come that…
IT is becoming a concern in the city with the increasing incident of students being ill as result of suspected food poisoning. Over the past weeks there have been reports of students being ill after buying food from ladies selling at the school compound. Many of these students have to seek medical attention at the…
IT seems like a never ending problem facing the country like elsewhere around the region and world. Domestic violence especially against our young women and mothers seems to make a continuous upward trend. And this should be a national concern. No doubt there are many unreported cases relating to such problems. Only a fraction have…
The country this week received good news with funding assistance from two of our donor partners. First is the Australian government announcing a SBD$1.8 billion in funding assistance. This is part of an Australian bilateral aid program to Solomon Islands and as part of the Australian Government’s overall commitment to the region. The break down…
IT cost tax payers $44 million last year just to produce new coins for the country. This is a huge lot of money which should have been used for other important services in the country. But because people are holding back onto these coins for whatever reasons only known to them, it is costing the…
Solomon Islands Development Trust (SIDT) has come a long way – 30 years on now since its inception in 6th May 1982. Since Sunday SIDT workers kicked off a week-long worthwhile well-deserve anniversary celebrations in Honiara. SIDT is a non-government organisation (NGO) founded with the aim of helping villagers improve their livelihood. Today the work…