A contingency plan has already been set in place to bring home government sponsored students studying in Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa who are likely to be affected during the end of year holidays. Over the past months government sponsored students studying in Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa have raised their concerns over the aviation impasse between…
MALAITA provincial government has thanked the Australian High Commission office in collaboration with Rotary club in Honiara for the timely donations received in Auki, Malaita on Wednesday. The donations will assist in the area of education, health and humanitarians. Speaking during the handing over at Auki wharf, Hon. Martin Fini in the absence of premier…
The Young Women’s Parliamentary Group (YWPG) on Tuesday 16th September underwent a group Pap smear test at the Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood (SIPPA). This was part of their campaign against cervical cancer. The theme for this campaign is ‘Fight Like a Girl’. The young women took the step to do the test and decided to…
ALIGEGEO provincial secondary school (APSS) will be hosting its first ever fundraising drive in aid of its new chapel, next month. School principal Robert Lafisi said that this fundraising drive will focus on ex-students to support the school. He said that the main aim of this fundraising is to raise money to build a chapel…
THE People’s Alliance Party is worried about government plans to dismantle the Government Communications Unit (GCU) in the Prime Minister’s Office. The party’s president, former Governor General Sir Nathaniel Waena, described as wrong the government’s plans to dismantle the unit, which is the government’s mouthpiece. He said it is through the Government Communications Unit that…
Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID), Moses Virivolomo on Thursday the inspected the completed flood repairs in West Guadalcanal. During the April flash flood a number of bridge approach and other crossings on the West Guadalcanal highway were washed away. This had cut off access to…
THE RSIPF (Royal Solomon Islands Police Force) have begun its exercise of providing cyber protection awareness programs in schools and communities around the country. A total of 15 RSIPF Cyber Protection trainers have already been deployed to schools and communities throughout the country. Police Commissioner, Frank Prendergast revealed that this was part of the Cyber…
IN one of the series on SIBC in the programme “Election for what” on Sunday 14th September, 2014, a question was asked on the National Emblem as to the meaning of the shark and the crocodile that formed the coat of Arm. Unfortunately, the learned panellists could not answer that simple but important question. Let’s…
THE recently released Australian foreign aid policy claims to be heralding a new paradigm of aid delivery. This new paradigm will see the ‘Aid-for-Trade’ component increase from 12.5% to at least 20% of the aid budget by 2020 in an effort to encourage Pacific Island Countries to take advantage of the opportunities integration into the…
Dear Editor – Many so-called self-righteous citizens have often attempted to distance themselves from the evils of politics but have failed. Political iniquity or iniquities is the term I wish to describe unethical dealings with money in times of politicking in political elections of members of parliament and provincial assemblies. In a cash-trap economy by…