Malaita Province Police commander Lesley Kili has appealed to communities to respect the election process as the country prepares for the Joint National General Elections on April 17. Kili made the appeal after police attended to reports of conflict between supporters of candidates in North Malaita and central Kwara’ae constituency this week. It was reported…
KING George Sixth School Maths Teacher, Angela Asipara spoke of a need for National Maths competition. Asipara who has been a Maths teacher for over 30 years suggested the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) can introduce National Maths competition for schools in the country. She was speaking at Perch School in East…
The Senior Management of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) is aware of recent incidents of promotion fliers or advertisement circulated through the internet of Free Online Courses that is claimed to be offered by the Ministry in association with the University of the South Pacific (USP). Scammers are actively targeting members…
Forty-eight (48) former Members of Parliament (MPs) are seeking re-election on the 17th April Joint National General Elections 2024. This was revealed via a research report produced by the Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI). A total of six former Members of Provincial Assemblies (MPAs) out of the nine provincial assemblies are contesting the national…
THE national economy is growing and the government’s finance has been sound in the last two months. This economic growth and financial stability were recorded after the country came out of the COVID-19 pandemic and Honiara November 2021 Riot. The Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) Permanent Secretary Dentana Mckinnie told a press conference on…
THE Western Province Member of Provincial Assembly for Ward 7, Rence Sore said political leaders, especially candidates and Party Wing Leaders, should be careful about what they utter during the campaigns. MPA Sore was addressing a gathering at Barokoma during the People’s First Party Candidate Campaign launch last week. He said he and the people…
LOOKING at the political history of instability in the country, how differently would your party lead our country from the past government? Dr Alice Pollard posed this question to a team of panelist during ‘Voice Blo U’ – an audience-led interactive session in Honiara recently. In his response to the question, Vice President of the…
FORMER Member of Parliament for West Honiara Constituency, Namson Tran has denied claims of purchasing land through corrupt means. The former Chairman of Caucus took a stand against baseless accusations made by opposing candidate Wilson Mamae and the leader of the Coalition for Accountability Reform and Empowerment (CARE) party during their recent campaign. “They alleged…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) and Save the Children Solomon Islands (SCSI) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing their education partnership to progress the priorities of the National Education Action Plan (NEAP) 2022-2026. The MOU was signed by Permanent Secretary, Dr Franco Rodie and SCSI Country Director Lisa…
THE wife of the Caretaker Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the In-depth Solomons article titled ‘Solomons PM Has Millions in Property, Raising Questions Around Wealth’ as a publication by unethical journalists who hold themselves as seasoned journalists. The report, published on In-depth Solomons website, was put together by OCCRP and In-depth Solomons. OCCRP stands…