Call for support to sort out students’ visas worth $1million ABOUT forty-six (46) students who are expected to be repatriated on January 11, 2021, from the Philippines have issues with their visas. And they have just under a month to settle their outstanding visa fines before the final repatriation flight next month. The visa…
A three-day workshop on Strengthening the Capacity of Solomon Islands Journalists to report on the Covid-19 Pandemic has been successfully conducted at the King Solomon Hotel. The workshop which ran from 8 to 10 December was organized by the Training Sub-Committee of the Solomon Islands Media Association (MASI) with funding support from the U.S Embassy…
Malaita Alliance for Rural Advancement Government has congratulated Maoro Community High school in Central Kwara’ae constituency for having taken delivery of a new double-storey school hall building on 10 December 2020. The building project was funded by the Rural Development Program (RDP). Speaking at the handing over ceremony, the guest of honour and Malaita Provincial…
A MAN who stood trial for the murder of a young schoolgirl at Avuavu, South Guadalcanal in 2017 has been convicted of the offence this week at the High Court. Christopher Lalo Kopeta was convicted after a trial on one count of murder of the 16-year-old schoolgirl, Elsie Maurisiantonga. Justice Maelyn Bird in her judgment said…
The first 16 Post Graduate Diploma in Health Leadership and Management had graduated on Friday 11 December at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Tourism Complex. The Health Leadership and Management Program is developed in response to the complex and persistent management issues that constrain health service management within the structural, resourcing, and cultural environment…
Opposition Leader Matthew Wale has reminded the government of the number of issues that need thorough attention, as the country looks to go into 2021 with a new policy direction. In his speech during the sine die motion in Parliament, marking an end to the second session of the 11th Parliament house, Mr. Wale outlined…
Commissioner of Lands ups the heat on illegal land dealings COMMISSIONER of Lands, Alan McNeil, has upped the heat on fixing fraudulent land dealings, revealing a middleman network exists for identifying prime land that is available in Honiara. The network, he said, engages in forging the necessary documents and gets these registered to a…
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with Foodworks Suppliers Limited has made another landmark achievement after both parties launched the Hatchery & Stockfeed government-funded project on 30th November 2020. This came as the result of the 2.4 million funding support agreement that MAL and Foodworks Suppliers Hatchery…
Premier of Western Province (WP) is planning to establish such a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in or near Noro, Western Province. Premier David Gina made this statement in his speech marking the province’s 37th Second Appointed Day celebrations in Noro on Monday. Mr. Gina said that the Western Provincial Government (WPG) would like to seriously…
Alleged robbers wore police uniform stole two gold bars SEVEN masked men dressed in police uniform traveling in a G-plated land cruiser had robbed two gold bars and hard cash from a mining company operating in Central Guadalcanal in the early hours of Wednesday. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau told reporters yesterday those men are…