Miss Solomon Islands 1st runner up

Miss Solomon Islands Gladys Habu came second at last week’s Miss Pacific Islands (MPIP) show held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea that concluded over the weekend. Despite not being able to bring the crown home Ms Habu won Solomon Island’s highest placement ever at the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant having placed as 1st runner…

BIG PROMISES FOR MALAITA

DCGA revisits Malaita projects as top priority for 2020 By IAN M.KAUKUI THE Democratic Coalition for Advancement (DCGA) like other past governments have again included Malaita province when it comes to national projects. In the 2020 national budget speech second reading in parliament last week, Minister of Finance Hurry Kuma said Bina Harbour project and…

Customs receive mobile X-Ray scanner

THE Customs Division of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) will now be able to non-intrusively inspect cargo imports and exports to detect cargo assessed as “high risk” at Honiara International port with a newly received mobile x-ray scanner recently. The new technology will assist Customs to better implement their mandate to enforce border…

UNDP and stakeholders validate Schools Re-thinking Plastic Initiative final report

THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), relevant national stakeholders and representatives from five schools in Honiara took part in the final validation workshop within the “Schools Re-thinking Plastic Initiative”, in Honiara on Tuesday 26th November 2019. Koloale, Florence Young, Emmaus, St Nicholas, and Honiara High School have been part of an experiment which applied behavioural…

MP under attack    

  North Malaita MP victim of morning raid Thugs leave behind a damage of over SBD$300k By Ian Kaukui Member of Parliament (MP) for North Malaita, Senley Levi Filualea and his family has come under heavy attack by thugs in the early hours of yesterday morning, leaving behind a total damage of properties worth more…

‘THANKS AND SORRY’

Bougainvilleans thankful for hospitality, say sorry for causing trouble By ANDREW FANASIA WORDS cannot express the feeling and emotion when Demas Parau expressed his appreciation to the people and the government of Solomon Islands for sheltering Bougainvilleans during the darkest history of their country. Parau, the President of the Bougainville Solomon Islands Association (BSIA) in…

Honiara-based Bougainvilleans cast votes

THE Bougainvilleans in Honiara have finally had their opportunity to cast their votes as part of the Bougainville Referendum. The two-day voting started on Thursday at the Papua New Guinea (PNGs) High Commission head office in Honiara with only two options, whether to vote for independence or for autonomy. A lot of Bougainvilleans made their way…