The rising costs of living in the country is said to be ravaging the nation, leaving low income earners at debt every day. Speaking to the paper, a concerned mother expressed her everyday frustrations to earn bread and butter on the table. The mother stated that living in Honiara is too expensive to cope with,…
Representing a major milestone for Solomon Airlines and a watershed moment for the country’s business and tourism fortunes, the national carrier has commenced operation of its long awaited Honiara-Sydney direct service. Underlining the importance of the event, a host of VIP passengers joined Minister of Culture and Tourism, the Honourable Batholomew Parapolo, the New Zealand…
The Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM) run mission to seafarers’Centre at Noro Port, Western Province was successfully dedicated and officially opened on Sunday. The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia who is also the President of the Mission to Seafarers’ within ACoM officially dedicated and opened the Centre in the presence of the Noro…
PORT MORESBY, (POST COURIER) — Wewak Town Mayor Charles Malenki has signed a letter of intent with the Mayor of Jayapura Benhur Tommy Mano in Indonesia’s West Papua region to cement trade links between the two centres. This signing will pave the way for Wewak Town in East Sepik Province to commence bilateral activities as…
A total of 53 participants from Aoke/Langalanga in Malaita Province have completed a one week phonics training which enables these illiterate people to be able to read and write. At the end of the training they received their certificate on Friday. This Phonics training was conducted at Su’u community Central Aoke, Langalanga Lagoon. The training…
THE COURTS will not tolerate people who invade into other people’s home and steal their valuable belongings, says Principal Magistrate Fatima Taeburi. She sent out the message when sentencing an 18 year-old boy who was convicted of a burglary charge yesterday. “You and others must know that the Courts will not tolerate people who invade…
Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has a new professor who is the first to be recruited by the university. He is profession Basil Marasinghe, the new Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic) who arrived on Sunday. He was officially welcomed to the University by the Pro-Chancellor of SINU and the Chair of the SINU Council, Sir Nathaniel Waena…
The members and the chairmen of the ten Parliamentary Standing Committees in this 10th Parliament were given a chance to peruse through the draft federal constitution currently drafted by the Constitution Reform Unit(CRU) in a consultation workshop at the Paul Tovua Complex, National Parliament on Friday 29th May 2015. The consultation workshop was basically to…
THE reshuffling of Ministers rests upon the Prime Minister’s (PM) prerogative, and it is done with striving efforts by the government to improve things. Media Consultant to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Alfred Sasako revealed this early this week. Sasako stated that reshuffle happens through consultation with Party Members and Ministers who will be affected, in…
SOLOMON Islands’ gross foreign reserves stood at almost $4 billion in March, an increase of two per cent over the previous month’s level, according to figures released this week. Higher donor funding and fishing licencing fees during the month contributed to the increase. “The level of gross foreign reserves as at the end of March…