PROMINENT academics from five universities around the Pacific participated in the Wansolwara conference at Divine Word University, Madang in Papua New Guinea (PNG), to discuss the importance of restoring Pacific identity, on Tuesday. Top of the agenda was to protest against the dominant narrative, that development means selling of/ or exploiting our lands and our…
THE much awaited Gold Ridge Landowners royalties is close to being finalised by the Ministry of Mines and the Gold Ridge Landowners Council. But in a statement on Tuesday, the chairman of the Gold Ridge Community and Landowners Council, Dick Douglas has called on the Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo to respect his people. “I…
PERMANENT Secretary of the Ministry of Environment Dr Melchior Mataki has co-chaired an international workshop on ocean acidification over the weekend. The workshop on the theme ‘State of the Science Considerations for Small Island Developing States’ recognised the need for SIDS to seriously take necessary actions to address the threat ocean acidification has towards their…
The Chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group and Spokesperson of the FLNKS Political Bureau, Mr Victor Tutugoro has condemned the assassination of Martinus Yohamewho who is responsible for the West Papua Independence Movement in Sorong. Mr Tutugoro made the statement after regional media announced the discovery of Martinus YOHAME’s body in the region of Sorong,…
FORMER special secretary to Prime Minister Danny Philip and Gordon Darcy Lilo says Attorney-General opinions are just that: opinions and advices. Andrew Donua Muaki, who was the most senior top political appointee in the first year of the current NCRA Government, says he was perplexed to see senior government officials and politicians equating opinions rendered…
A remuneration survey workshop was successfully held on Tuesday at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Kukum campus. More than thirty participants from various organizations and companies in Honiara attended the seminar. The workshop was organized by the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce (SICC), Solomon Islands National University (SINU) and the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)…
SPC – The Kingdom of Tonga last month became the first country in the world to put in place a law that manages seabed mineral activities within its national marine space and under its sponsorship in international waters. Tonga’s Seabed Minerals Act 2014 was prepared with the assistance of the Deep Sea Minerals Project a…
Solomon Islands’ very own canned tuna exporter, SolTuna walked away with the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for the Business of the Year (2014) at the second Solomon Islands Business Excellence Awards, celebrated on Saturday night 30th August. The panel of ten judges that evaluated a total of 47 entries selected Soltuna as the stand-out nomination,…
Honiara city needs additional hotels to cater for more tourists and visitors arrival. Barney Sivoro chair of Our Telekom national tourism forum (NTF) and director of tourism highlighted this during the forum held last Friday at Heritage Hotel. Mr Sivoro said Honiara city needs 4-5 star hotels in Honiara as a holding ground for tourists…
RESOLUTION of the 2014 Our Telekom national tourism forum (NTF) resolution will be presented to parliament. Director of tourism and culture and chair of the forum Barney Sivoro confirmed this in an interview with the Solomon Star on Tuesday. Mr Sivoro said, the committee will finalise the resolution this week and circulate to participants for…