THE technical quality and sustainability of rural infrastructure-funded projects remains a grave concern. A World Bank report findings has uncovered that in most of the projects implemented under rural infrastructure undertaken around the country have fallen short of sustainability measures. This is despite the fact that overall quality of construction of these rural infrastructure projects…
Bank South Pacific (BSP) is the first commercial bank in Solomon Islands to provide loan services on weekends. The Saturday loan service opens between 9am to 12noon through its flagship Honiara Branch. BSP’s Country Manager- David Anderson said, “BSP’s Saturday loans services was first introduced in November 2014 in our efforts to meet our loan…
POST COURIER – The Papua New Guinea Opposition is against the government’s acquisition of EMTV through the Telikom PNG at a cost of K27 million (US$9.98 million). “TV is an important mode of communication to satisfy the entertainment, education and information needs for our people. “The government’s involvement in media business portrays high prospect of…
THE Melanesian Brotherhood (MBH) of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) now has a coconut crushing mill established at Tanaeba area just close to the MBH head quarter Tabalia, North West Guadalcanal. The Project was official blessed by Bishop Micheal Tavoa and handed over to the MBH community by a representative from the Kokonut Pacific…
Honiara City Council Law Enforcement Division along with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has started a major traffic check on Wednesday. This is purposely to check on Business license on buses and taxis that are providing public transportation services throughout the city. Chairman of the Law Enforcement Standing Committee,Cr. Charles Aiwosuga, said under the…
Lecturers at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) have boycotted classes as of Monday over employment contract grievances. They claimed that there was no employment contract for both none and academic staff when Solomon Island College of Higher Education (SICHE) was transformed to SINU. Lecturers Association of Solomon Islands National University (LASINU) in their meeting…
Prominent businesswoman, Mary Chow is standing trial for the second time around for four counts of perjury charges in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court. Her case was remitted to the Magistrates’ Court for re-trial after she won her appeal case in the High Court. Chow has successfully appealed against her conviction and sentence in the High…
Owner of the Samlimsam logging company Pau Kiu Den and three other locals who were accused of the senseless attack of a Renbel Chief at the Kingsley Food bar in November last year with a knife in relation to a logging dispute denied the allegations made out against them. Malaysian Den and Malatians Buddley Fakani,…
VISA applications of Solomon Islands students studying at various universities in Papua New Guinea are still to be processed by the Immigration department in Port Moresby. One student was informed by PNG High Commission office in Honiara that all the applications sent by National Training Unit (NTU) in Honiara are still with Solomon Islands High…
Six suspects of Ugi Island have been arrested in relation to a burning and threatening incident that occurred in Ugi Island over the weekend. They had been charged and were still waiting for the courts at the Kirakira Police custody. The incident occurred, Thursday last week after two disputing parties’ fought over land. As a…