THE chairman of the Law Reform Commission (LRC) has hailed the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government for its pledge to support and strengthen the work of the commission. Frank Paulsen was speaking yesterday at the commission’s launch of a consultation paper on Homicide Offences. He said, the Government has identified the Law Reform Commission…
THE Law Reform Commission yesterday launched a consultation paper on Homicide Offences, asking for public comments and submission on how the law should be changed. The consultation paper is part of the commission’s efforts to reform the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code. Chairman of the Commission Frank Paulsen used yesterday’s launch to highlight…
The fight to wipe out giant African snail in the country is possible if more funds are pumped into the budget to contain it from spreading. This was highlighted before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday by the bio security officer for Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Francis Tsatsia. It was revealed that only…
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has extended the harvesting period for sea cucumber (bech-de-mer) for the month of April. Minister of Fisheries and Marines Resources John Maneniaru announced this early this week. In a statement, the Ministry informed the general public, resources owners, licensed exporters of beche-der-mer, and sea cucumber…
About 300 plots of land are available at the April Hill in East Honiara. This was revealed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey Stanley Wale yesterday when appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). He said, the new area is already being occupied by victims and survivors of the…
THE establishment of the lands board within the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey has been described as a wise move which sets the work within the Ministry in order. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry was speaking before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday when he highlighted this. He said, under the new act the…
A MASSIVE awareness to stop the spread of zika viru, dengue and malaria in Honiara is currently underway in Honiara. This was revealed by the Director of Health Division within the Honiara City Council (HCC) Harvest Miabule during the handing over of 11,000 ‘Stop Malaria’ posters to HCC Malaria division at HCC yesterday. Sumitomo Metal…
Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) Ltd on Tuesday donated 11,000 stop malaria posters to Honiara City Council (HCC) Malaria division. The donation was made possible through a request from JICA volunteer working with the Malaria division as part of fighting dengue, Malairia and Zika in Honiara. SMM Managing Director of Yoritoshi Ochi when handing over the…
DELEGATES of the Solomon Islands Timber Export Mission to New Zealand have described their experience as “invaluable”. The mission comprising eight timber exporters also visited Australia as part of a fact finding mission and to meet with their importer-customers in the two countries earlier this month. New Zealand and Australia are major export markets for…
VICTIMS of the recent cyclone Pam disaster in the Temotu province are calling on the government to extend the harvesting period for sea cucumber (beche-de-mer). This comes after the harvesting period will close soon. A chief in Duff islands of Temotu Noel Hatu said, since their islands have been damaged by the natural disaster they…