THE Trade Dispute Panel (TDP) has so far heard about 70 industrial disputes since it started its normal hearing end of last month. The hearings commenced on October 27 following the appointment of Trade Dispute Panel’s new chairlady, Natalie Kesaka. She hears industrial grievances twice a week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Tuesday, Mrs Kesaka…
A NEW report has urged the national government to address the uneven distribution of social services and public infrastructures across the country. The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) for 2012 – 2013 report was launched yesterday. The report highlighted the uneven distribution of social services, public infrastructures, and household income and expenditure as major…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services has given out two new recognition awards to end the 2015 National Health Conference in Honiara on Thursday. The first award, under the category of the Best Performing Province in the past four to five years, went to Guadalcanal Province. The award, which is in the form of…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Service should be supporting all provinces in the country to improve family planning and contraceptive uptake by 2017, according to the ministry’s New Health Outline. This involves helping both single and married women to access birth control methods that best suits their circumstances and needs as new contraceptives are…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has outlined its priorities for the next five years at this week’s National Health Conference in Honiara. Priorities reflected in the new National Health Strategic Plan 2016 – 2020 include improving the coverage and quality of health services, building strong partnerships to expand the reach of health…
HEALTH workers attending the 2015 National Health Conference this week in Honiara have been modelling healthy behaviors. In the course of the Health Conference which is successfully ended yesterday, the health workers voluntary donated blood, doing physical exercises between sessions and getting their blood pressure, blood sugar and weight checked. Speaking in response to the…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group has urged the DCC Government to seriously prioritize the reviewing of the Political Parties Integrity Act (PPIA). In a statement, the Parliamentary Opposition understands the review is currently in progress as the national consultation process is underway. However, the Parliamentary Opposition Group says the recent political developments have proven that the…
SOLOMON Island Customs & Excise Division (SICED) proudly took ownership of a new gas testing machine that can identify prohibited and restricted gases Customs recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Ozone Unit of the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) for the enforcement and control of importation and exportation…
THE case of the nine Bougainville men and a local facing immigration charges has been further adjourned to November 12 for plea. Sylester Motoqo, Vincent Ma’ako, Justin Moiru, Eddie Posena, Joe Nupa, Nigel Tonnaku, Thomas Konnou, Dominic Samo and Tom Ruben from Bougainville were each charged with one count of unlawful presence contrary to section…
EDUCATION authorities denied claims exam papers sent to Waimapuru National Secondary School in Makaira-Ulawa Province were misplaced during transportation. Teachers from the school made the claim after some of the exam papers did not get to them in time. But Director of National Examinations Standard Unit (NESU) Linda Wate clarified the exam papers are still…