The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has inaugurated its first nationwide awareness campaign on the incoming new Constituency Development Funds (CDF) Bill 2023 through a tok-stori with East Guadalcanal community leaders at Foxwood area in North Guadalcanal on Wednesday 11 October 2023. Community leaders, chiefs, Ward Development Committee (WDC) members and a number of East…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has raised concerns that the process of applying for a bank account has become an obstacle for many Solomon Islanders. Speaking in Parliament today on the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (Amendment) Bill 2023, Hon Wale said the process of opening bank accounts has become a mountain to climb…
National history maker in Tennis, Michael Patrick Leong encourages athletes to be visionary sports men and women. Leong, who in 2004 became the first the Solomon Islander to appear at Wimbledon, encouraged all athletes to have a vision of how they want to see their future as sports men and women of Solomon Islands and…
Saudi Arabia seeks SI’s support on FIFA World Cup bid, High Commissioner Sisilo thanks Ambassador Khuzaim for making SI as ‘first port of call’ SAUDI Arabia has requested Solomon Islands Government to support its bid to host the FIFA Men’s World Cup Finals in 2034, a government insider said. “On Monday last week Saudi Arabia…
LIFE is about to get a little easier for rural women like Seghe market vendor and mother of three, Nagarita Waelesi. Ms Waelesi depends on her market income to send her children to school in Honiara – but the current market house is too small. “The market does not fit all of us vendors”, she…
MALAIATA Provincial Government has acknowledged the Australian government’s assurance to support Malaita Province with emergency work on patching up its deteriorated roads. Malaita Province Acting Premier Edward Misite’e said the assurance was made by the Infrastructure Team from the Australian High Commission in a meeting in Auki early this week. MPA Misite’e said his Malaita…
Parliament passes bill for effective conduct of synchronized elections THE Solomon Islands National Parliament on Friday passed the Constitution (Amendment) (Candidacy Disqualification) Bill 2023. The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said this amendment is one of the crucial pieces of legislation for the effective conduct of the synchronized national, provincial assembly, and HCC elections for…
Man sent to jail for assaulting child A MAN who lured his five-year-old niece to his bush garden in Makira Ulawa Province to harvest peanuts and then sexually abused her has been sent to three years and one month in prison. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the complainant/victim was…
By WILSON SAENI in Auki THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) is still operating without the service of the newly appointed Provincial Secretary (PS). This was revealed by the Malaita Provincial Premier Martin Fini. Mr Fini said MPG needs the service of the new PS to strengthen its administration. Premier Fini said at the moment his…
THE Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has raised concerns over clause 79(1)(a) of the new Education Bill brought to Parliament. Clause 79(1)(a), in essence, provides for the termination of teachers on the grounds of mental or physical incapacity. Speaking in Parliament recently, Hon. Wale said clause 79(1)(a) could sideline even some of the world’s…