The Political Parties Integrity Act (PPIA) that was tested during the National General Election last year is on a process to be reviewed. This was pointed out by the Registrar of the Political Parties Integrity Commission, Calvin Ziru during a joint press conference with the local media on Wednesday. He added that the PPIA have…
The Women’s Leadership and Political Participation Regional Conference will be hosted in Honiara, from the 2nd to the 4th of June at the FFA Conference centre. This was confirmed by Calvin Ziru, the Registrar of the Political Parties Integrity Commission in a joint press conference with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European…
Local non-government organization, Vois Blo Mere Solomon Islands gets the nod to involve in fight against gender violence in Solomon Islands. Vois Blo Mere becomes the third organization in the country and the eleventh in the region to get grant from the UN Women in effort to reduce and eradicate all forms of violence against…
Minister for Culture and Tourism (MCT) has encouraged tourism operators on Bita’ama village in North Malaita to improve their sanitation and water supply before they can start accommodating visitors. Bartholomew Parapolo highlighted this during his speech at Bita’ama on Tuesday. Mr Parapolo was the first ever Tourism Minister to set foot on North Malaita since…
People of Bita’ama in North Malaita Malaita have promised to cease killing of dolphins for food consumption and plans to convert their traditional hunting of dolphins to become a tourism attraction. This was revealed during a high level delegation visit led by Culture and Tourism Minister Bartholomew Parapolo to Bita’ama village on Tuesday. The delegation…
Honiara City Council (HCC) through the office of the Market Master is planning to monitor the weighing scales used by fish vendors at the Honiara Central Market. This came after few incidences of unscrewed weighing scales that occurred over weekend. Speaking to the Solomon Star this week, an officer from the office of the Market…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has re-emphasized the need for local journalists to strive for quality reporting. He re-iterated this to go inline with the theme of this year World Press Freedom Day ‘Let Journalism thrive towards better reporting, gender equality and Media safety in the digital age.’ He said, everyone know the importance of media…
Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare reiterated on the need for our local journalists to be more professional in their career, by breeding good journalism that will hold public trusts. Speaking during the Media Association Solomon Islands (MASI) anniversary celebration held at the Honiara Hotel on Wednesday evening, the guest of honour said that media plays…
MEDIA workers marked World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday night in Honiara – three weeks after the official designated day on May 3. The celebrations may have come a bit late, but it was worth the time and money spent to mark the occasion at the Honiara Hotel. Media workers across the world celebrated this…
A ‘Prime Minister Media Excellence Award’ will be awarded to a top journalist this year. This was announced by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during the Media Freedom Day celebration last night. Mr Sogavare said, in recognition of the good working relationship that exists with the media the government is introducing the Prime Minister Media Excellence…