AT least 300 young people are expected to register for the 1st Annual Our Telecom Solomon Islands High Schools Choral Festival, set to be staged on the 8th to the 10th of July 2014, at the Museum Auditorium, Honiara. The event is a duplication of a similar choral production started in Fiji called the Suva…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo is attending the Oceania 21 meetings of heads of state and territories of the Pacific region in Noumea, New Caledonia. It is being hosted by the Government and the Customary Senate of the Indigenous Kanaky People of New Caledonia. A statement from the Prime Ministers Office said the event was…
The first day of the Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on Monday has highlighted Melanesian people’ s close connection to their land and environment which they cherish for a very long time. From the vibrant and colourful costumes of Papua New Guinea to the harmonious bamboo flutes and…
Dear Editor – As one of the investors that has spent millions of dollars and nearly every waking hour for six years working on Tavanipupu, I need to correct a few things that were in the article printed on Wednesday, June 25th on the above. First, the NPF board is probably one of the finest…
Dear Editor – We write on the above subject to express our deepest disappointment on Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo led government to hijack the TRHDP from us by dealing with people outside Bahomea to pursue their self serving interest to use section 75 part two of the “land and little act” to compulsory acquired…
Dear Editor – I read in the papers that NPF is now having problems with one of its loans, in particular that to the Tavanipupu Tourist Resort. At the very beginning as far as I could remember, I raised my doubts as to the ability and the capacity of the resort to service the $15…
CORRUPTION also means unfairness and in the sense of mining sector where resources are scarce and the hype for benefits are high corruption can often set in. Mining and forestry are generating big revenues for governments, at the same time generates serious negative impacts. TSI believes that decisions are much taken at the upper level…
While computers can be trusted to churn out the rubbish, can we trust ourselves to do the same? LAST week the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission announced its newly-installed Biometrics Voter Registration (BVR) system detected nearly 6,000 potential voters who repeatedly registered to vote in the national general elections later this year. One voter registered nine…
Dear Editor – The time is coming nearer to say goodbye to Care Centres, the homes that shelterrf us from the sun and rain, and kept our children warm. I on behalf of the flash flood victims of Rove Police Club Care Centre, Holy Cross Care Centre, FOPA Care Centre, say thank you to churches…
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