Village census set to roll

THE much anticipated nationwide Village Resource Survey and Household Listing 2017-2018 first phase is set to start with deployment of field enumerators as of next week. Headed by the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) within the Ministry of Finance & Treasury (MoFT), this is a pre-census count for the 2019 national census. VRS National…

Opposition claims its MPs offered cash

THE Opposition claims the Office of the Prime Minister has been attempting to lure its MPs with offers of lucrative amounts of money. In a statement issued last night, the Opposition said: “We condemned attempts by the Prime Minister’s Office in trying to lure our Members of Parliament with lucrative amounts of money. “Desperate attempts…

Woodford School offer Full Scholarship towards A Level – world-class Cambridge secondary curriculum (F7 equivalent)

Woodford International School is delighted to announce Full Scholarships for deserving students to pursue Cambridge ‘A’ level qualification. Applicant must have earlier completed minimum Form 5. Students who have successfully completed Form 6 can also apply. Ministry of education and human resource development (MEHRD), Solomon Islands Government accepts the A Level qualification as equivalent of…

Lai: It’s our dream

SOLOMON Island Football Federation (SIFF) President William Lai says ‘It’s our dream’ to qualify for a FIFA sanction tournament as the country won bid to host two international tournaments next year. The country is set to host the OFC Champions League Group D and U16 World Cup qualifiers in Honiara. As hosts of qualifying tournaments…

Kingz upsets Eels

MALAITA Kingz handed a major blow to Henderson Eels’ OFC Champions League ambition with a 4-3 win on Wednesday in the Telekom S-League midweek clash at Lawson Tama Stadium. Eels who had the chance to leapfrog KOSSA in second place with a win started the match slowly as they conceded an early goal from Michael…

GARU, MUA REJOIN GOV’T

·    Gov’t sworn in eight ministers ·    Four ministries are still vacant ·    Honiara Hotel camp claims it has 28 MPs By JOHN AATAI A GOVERNMENT minister who resigned over the weekend has rejoined the government on Wednesday. West Guadalcanal MP and former minister for Police, National Security and Correctional Services Moses Garu was one…

Escapees remanded

TWO men who escaped from lawful custody at the Magistrate’s Court while waiting to be transported to the Rove Correctional Centre have been formally remanded on Wednesday following their captures, Monday. Frank Firimolea and Eric Nathaniel Junior were brought to the Honiara Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon in handcuffs. They were escorted by the Central Response…

Queen prepares for Fiji show

THE Newly crowned Miss Solomon Islands Emily Chan on Tuesday faced the media while expressing her plans and aspirations as she prepares for the Miss South Pacific Pageant in Fiji in four weeks time. She said, as a eighteen year old lady, she is very young and she doesn’t have many experiences about all the…