DEAR EDITOR, As one keen to see the development of the Solomon Islands for the benefit of all its citizens, but one who is merely an outsider with a lay man’s knowledge of the complexity of local customary land ownership and tenure, I was concerned last week about a reported threat by angry landowners to…
OUR Telekom is organizing a three-day outdoor mobile phone sales to members of the public in Gizo, Western Province since last week. The outdoor sales commenced on Friday and will end today to coincide with the staging of the inter-island soccer championship which had been running for the past two weeks. The outdoor sales continued…
Thousands of Christians who convened for the week-long Holy Feast of Tabernacles at Aroma in North Malaita have returned to their respective homes. The religious event which marks the All Pacific Arise 30th Anniversary has attracted participants from Samoa, Niue, New Caledonia, Australia, Vanuatu and Israel and was successfully closed last Friday. The event which…
NEW permanent secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Lottie Vaisekavea has warned people of importing pigs from Papua New Guinea into the country. He issued the warning to prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) from entering the shores of Solomon Islands. ASF is a highly transmissible viral disease that affected and killed pigs.…
AS demand for workforce under the Pacific Labour Scheme increase the Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour & Immigration has temporarily halted the fast processing of passports as of today. The reason for the temporary suspension was to give time for the passport officers to process and print the current huge pending passport applications. This followed…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was the invited guest of honour in the 30th anniversary of the All Pacific Arise and Sukkot 2022. All Pacific Arise and Sukkot 2022 is a prayer event that gives honour and glory and recognition to God as the Lion of Judah, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services has received a state-of-the-art microbiology diagnostic machine from an Australian Charity Group based in Melbourne, Australia. The SBD360,000 machine was officially handed over to the Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana by the Australia High Commission First Secretary for Health Dr Alex Stephens on behalf…
SOLOMON Warriors FC ended their first round of the Telekom S-league (TSL) season at the top of the table with 28 points. Warriors won their final match of round one defeating FC Isabel United 3-1 at Lawson Tama, Sunday. Standford Fakasori scored the opening goal 19 minutes from kick off. Tigi Molea extended the lead…
No limit on numbers wanting to work on labour scheme SOLOMON Islands Government will not restrict the number of local workers wanting to go overseas to work under the seasonal mobility labour scheme. That’s according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFEAT) Collin Beck last week during a…
CANCER is also a Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) similar to diabetes, hypertension and other lifestyle diseases. This was the statement of Non-Communicable Disease coordinator Nevalyn Laesango during the commemoration of Pinktober at the National Referral Hospital last week. Mrs Laesango said cancer is an NCD which means it is also a lifestyle disease therefore we must…