Tackling marine debris

PACEWS – “IT starts with you,” those were the words from Afroz Shah, the UN Environment 2016 Champion of the Earth Award for Inspiration and Action, as he addressed the opening of the Sixth International Marine Debris Conference (6IMDC) in San Diego this week. Each year at least eight million pieces of plastic makes its…

SINU signs MOU with Worldfish

THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Worldfish in Honiara. “SINU continues to expand its local and international networks by widening and strengthening its academic, corporate, bilateral and multilateral stakeholder collaborations with the objective to provide and foster world class scholarship through academic excellence, research and practical…

HISTORIC RUGBY TOURNEY

Soltuna 7s kicks off today in Suva By SIMON ABANAin Suva, Fiji    THE Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) in partnership with SolTuna are set to host a historic tournament in Suva, Fiji, today. After weeks of preparation, the inaugural Soltuna 7s tournament gets underway at USP Laucala sport grounds this morning. Two home…

FINAL WITNESS IN FRAUD CASE

Saturday sitting organised to speed up couple’s trial By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN   PROSECUTION will be calling their final witness today in the million dollar fraud trial of the former permanent secretary for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) Henry Murray and his wife Rose. The hearing of the evidence of prosecution final witness will commence…

‘Less revenue from logs’

Former Minister for Forest and Member of Parliament (MP) for Shortland Islands Christopher Laore says Customs did not capture the much needed revenues from logs exported out of the country. He was speaking during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing into the 2018 National Budget 2019, when the delegation from Ministry of Finance and Treasury…

MACFest seeks theme song

THE Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival (MACFest) Committee is calling on musicians around the country to submit entries for the Festival Theme Song completion which opens this week. To qualify for the competition, the musician or artist must be a Solomon Islander by origin with a background in music and song writing or musical arrangement.…

BUS DRIVERS FACE COURT

Accused of violating council route rules DRIVERS of 17 public buses accused of violating the Honiara City Council’s bus route regulations will face the Magistrate’s Court today. Honiara City Council law enforcement officers arrested the bus drivers for traveling on shorter routes instead of the routes the council had put in place. Head of the…