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…
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…
THE Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) hosted a farewell dinner to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary second contingent in Honiara last week. Deputy Secretary and Supervising Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police National Security and Correctional Services (MPNSCS), Julia Twumasi said, “On behalf of the Honourable Minister for Police and National Security,…
THE initiative of setting up a Tolo Wala Council of Chiefs Constitution (TWCOC) reached a milestone with the approval of the draft constitution. The Ministry of Traditional Governance Peace and Ecclesiastical Affairs (MTGPEA) in collaboration with the Aoke-Langalanga Constituency and Local Court approved the draft following a successful consultation last week. According to a statement…
Notice is up as the High Court-ordered Hell’s Point eviction countdown begins IT is bound to happen – just a matter of time. The government knows that its days are numbered just as much as the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) does. Last week the threat of eviction in the Levers Solomon Ltd vs…
The question of who really owns Constituency-purchased vessels comes under the spotlight with the recent call by a Small Malaita community on the Small Mala Shipping Management to inform them of what actions it will take on the storm-grounded MV Small Mala SHIPS bought under the government’s multi-million-dollar shipping grants for Constituencies were once a…
SOLOMON Water has announced a significant change to water levels at the Kongulai water source and that if this trend continues, water will be fully restored this week to the capital’s residents connected to the Kongulai main. Chief Executive Officer Ian Gooden said, “There is a significant change to water levels at the Kongulai source…
THE Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has commended the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Guadalcanal Constituency (SGC), Rollen Seleso and his constituency office for their continuous support and delivery of meaningful projects towards improving social and economic livelihoods of its rural people. This was after MP Seleso who is the Minister of Provincial Government…
Bus driver arrested for fatal traffic incident POLICE have arrested the driver of a public bus that hit a 60-year-old woman at Kukum highway road opposite Saint Barnabas Cathedral, Honiara on Tuesday. This was revealed by the Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau at his weekly conference at the Rove Police Headquarters yesterday. “The accident occurred on…