SOLOMON Water on Monday held a meeting with its stakeholders in Auki, Malaita Province, to update them of the latest in the Auki Water Supply upgrade project. The meeting allows the opportunity for stakeholders to learn more about the upgrade project which includes 1km pipeline replacement. The meeting also permits time for Solomon Water to hear…
SOLOMON Islands tourism sector will be certainly hit hard if the coronavirus (2019-nCov) crisis continues. “It will cause unprecedented damage to tourism businesses,” says Tourism Solomon Islands Chief Executive Officer Josefa Tuamoto. Speaking to this paper, Mr. Tuamoto said for the Solomon Islands the situation is very fluid at the moment. When asked if they…
OUR students studying in the Philippines are urgently calling on the National Government to evacuate them from the country as the number of Coronavirus cases increases in the Philippines. President of the Solomon Islands students studying in Philippines Arthur Mola made the call yesterday after learning that some confirmed cases were now detected close to…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police force (RSIPF) at the Kirakira Police Station in the Makira Ulawa Province have arrested a 29-year- old husband for allegedly causing grievous harm to his wife’s private part with a pair of scissors at Herenigau Village, West Makira on 2 March 2020. It is alleged that the husband…
OWNERS and management of hotels, restaurants, and eateries in Honiara are called upon to train their security guards to be sensitive to different groups of people especially Solomon Islands women and men who visit their establishments to meet or eat. The call comes from the Women’s Rights Action Movement or WRAM which had been approached…
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 was successfully celebrated in Honiara at the HCC area, Monday. It originally falls on Sunday 8th March 2020 but was moved to be celebrated on Monday. International Women’s Day is an event celebrated worldwide. This is an opportunity for women to come together and be recognized, to highlight their positive…