SINU’S ROLE UNDERSCORED

Vice Chancellor of the 10-year-old SINU, Professor Transform Aqorau, highlights the importance of the only national tertiary institution to the future of the country SOLOMON Islands University (SINU) plays a very important role in shaping the future of the country through the development of its human resource. This was highlighted by the newly appointed Vice…

HONIARA-BOUND

A NZ Government delegation led by DPM and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carmel Sepuloni, will fly into Honiara tomorrow for a two-day visit during which they will hold discussions with the government and visit NZ-funded projects THE New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carmel Sepuloni, is due to arrive…

More support for passport services needed

IT’S good to hear that the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration is working hard to improve passport services. This comes after the delay in the printing of passports which caused so much frustration amongst Solomon Islanders, especially those wanting to go for seasonal work in Australia and New Zealand.…

SIBC, NBC Sign cooperation MoU

THE National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) of Papua New Guinea and its sister public broadcaster, the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) on Tuesday signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the areas of exchange of staff, sharing of news content and technical cooperation. The MoU was signed by the Managing Director of NBC, Mr Kora…

Police to mount operation for parl meeting

THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will mount an operation for the next parliament sitting which commences next Monday. Police Officers will conduct proactive patrols and do road checks in parts of Honiara City. A good number of police officers will be involved in this parliament sitting. This includes Police officers from Honiara, Guadalcanal…