SANTA Ana people of East Makira Constituency have questioned whether the operation of the fisheries centre which was opened there last year was progressing or not. In 2013 Fisheries Minister and Member of Parliament for East Makira Alfred Ghiroopened the fisheries centre. A spokesperson Willie Foraásaid that the Fishery project has stopped operation for almost…
THE International Labor Organisation ILO is hosting a three-day child labour and trafficking forum next week at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara. The forum will be opened by the s Minister of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration, Elijah Doromuala. It will be attended by relevant government departments, workers and employers as well as media…
NEWLY elected Renbel premier Timothy Johnston says he was the legitimate and democratically elected leader of the province. And Mr Johnston called on former premier Lence Tango to stop barking because he is no longer the premier. “Mr Tango should stop misleading the public of Renbel with his baseless accusations,” Mr Johnston said. “It is…
GOVERNMENT’S bureaucracy has become an obstacle to many well intentioned policies, ideas and plans. A Charles Rongovata from South Guadalcanal made the statement this week. “It is supposed to be a system that ensures all government’s policies, ideas and plans are implemented with efficiency, effectiveness and consistently,” Mr Rongovata stated. “Sadly, this is not the…
ISLANDERS of Sikai’ana in the Malaita Outer Islands are calling on the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) to clarify why no relief aid was sent to them during the past five months of disaster they’d been through. According to Sikai’ana islanders, many of them had resorted to eating only coconut after heavy winds and rain…
MEDIA has an important role to play in promoting and reporting sustainable harvesting of the region’s tuna resources. This is because tuna is the single largest sustainable resource that is available in the region that will continue to support the regional countries and their economies and food security in the years to come, if properly…
IMPLEMENTING of sound and well executed policies remains a tough challenge and lacking in the country and region, resulting in fishing boats getting away without being prosecuted. This was highlighted by Philip Roberts, managing director of Tri Marine International Ltd, based in Singapore during his presentation early this week at the two-day media training organised…
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SOLOMON Islands has the potential to become a better self-reliant, healthy country with more and more students acquiring tertiary education overseas. This was the vision of Minister of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD), Dick Ha’amori, which he stressed at the graduation of 22medical students in Cuba recently. In a statement, Mr Ha’amori was quoted…
LOCAL medical graduate Nignauna Gagahe was awarded a gold medal for academic excellence, after successfully completing his medical studies late last month in Cuba. According to reports reaching the Solomon Star, Gagahe was among the top five students to receive gold medals for academic excellence. He was the only Solomon Islander to receive an academic…