HEAVY rain on Sunday night has caused wide spread flooding and landslide to parts of the city and the outskirt communities of Honiara. The rain which continued for several hours had caused flooding to the main highway from Fishing Village and down to Rove. Traffic movement was badly affected which restricted their movement along the…
A CONCERNED citizen is calling on responsible authorities to provide awareness about the effects of lightning during stormy weather after a young boy was struck by lightning on Saturday when watching movie from a laptop. According to the man, who refused to the named, the young boy in his early twenties was watching movie from…
TWO world renowned dance judges will be judging the 13 dance crews that booked themselves a place in the Battleground Solomon Islands 2017 final tomorrow. They are Marco Andre Selorio – founder and director of World Supremacy Battlegrounds based in Sydney, Australia and Lizzie Wicks – dancer and choreographer based in Brisbane, Australia. They will…
Minister for the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT), Synder Rini has warned line government ministries not to cause too much headache to his ministry by sending incomplete PV (Payment Vouchers) or illegal claims for payment. He said some of these payments were referred to the police and most of them from line ministries. Speaking…
Busu cultural center in the heart of Langa-Langa Lagoon, Malaita province will on Friday host the biggest number of tourists ever when 140 foreign tourists will grace their shore on a cruise boat this morning. The last time that the Island cultural centre hosted a cruise boat was 29th of November 2016 when 80 guests…
THE Government’s revenue collected in the last six months of 2016 went down by 8 percent (%) to $1,746 million, the CBSI’s March MonetaryPolicy Statement shows. According to the document, the drop was 3% below the budget, and was also 13% lower than the same period last year. Despite a rise in taxes, the decline…
PORT VILA, (VANUATU DAILY POST) – The official decision is yet to be made, but Vanuatu is already organising itself to better suit the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus) when the time comes to put pen to paper. Early this week Prime Minister Charlot Salwai said during an interview that the Government…
Tome accused of stealing $67,170 PROVINCIAL Government minister David Tome on Thursday fronted the court, accused of stealing his constituency’s money. The Baegu/Asifola MP in Malaita faces 14 counts of conversion. He was released on a cash bail of $2,000, with strict bail conditions. These include not to travel out of Guadalcanal Province, not to…
PAN Oceanic Bank (POB) on Tuesday launched its savings deposit campaign scheme at its Hyundai Mall branch in Honiara. The bank’s Chief Operating Officer Adrian Nigel said this is a product innovation scheme where the bank will give out gifts to its customers for huge deposits. The free gifts scheme for the bank’s customers is…
Parliament has passed a motion to consider introducing a formula that reflects fair allocation of the Constituency Development Funds to each of the constituencies in Solomon Islands. This was moved by the Leader of Independent Group, Hon. Dr Derek Sikua. Hon. Sikua when moving the motion said he was asked by his constituents to see …