A SENIOR delegation of Indonesian officials and delegates of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua met Thursday in a move instigated by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). The two sides had been at loggerhead over West Papua’s struggle to have a separate state. MSG Foreign Ministers meeting chairman and Solomon Islands Foreign Affairs minister,…
THE TRIAL on the case of the Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal Bradley Tovosia and Guadalcanal Premier Anthony Veke will resume Monday next week. This was because lawyer representing Tovosia, Nuatali Tongarutu, was feeling unwell and therefore could not stand in for the trial yesterday. Public Prosecutor Andie Driu though not objecting to the…
THE first batch of the 2016 police recruit has been sent out to a number of areas within Honiara City. This is mainly for the officers to gain first-hand experience on their roles and responsibilities as police officers. Deputy Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga during the weekly police conference on Thursday said they are trying to…
THE government is repatriating its student from Papua New Guinea starting today due to the ongoing boycott of classes and other disturbances there. This followed a decision the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the High Commission office in Moresby, made on Friday. The situation in three Papua New Guinea universities –…
NINE individuals from Tina Hydro landholding tribes completed a business training organised for them, Friday. Solomon Islands Small Business Enterprise Centre (SISBEC) conducted the training to educate resource owners business and investment opportunities. The five-day business training ended with presentation of certificates. Among the nine trainees are four women, all of whom came from the…
THE future of economic growth of the country depends on three sources. They include: – The services ( commerce, etc.) for 20 % – A small industry about 22 % – The agriculture (45 %) which include essentially logging – Other sources of growth, which are promising, are virtually untapped, tourism 2% and mining 4%…
Two dead, one in critical condition TWO students are dead and the third in critical condition after their vehicle crashed in the Foxwood area of east Honiara, in the early hours of yesterday. Police say the students are of Don Bosco College. “The vehicle they are travelling is a RAV4 and was on high speed,”…
THE Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) says the system for monitoring and surveillance of the region’s fisheries is operating un-sustainably and needs to change. The policing system has been heavily reliant on aid for for more than a decade. A review of the programme by the Forum Fisheries Agency is being presented to Pacific ministers in…
PACIFIC education leaders from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Solomon Islands have gathered in Nadi this week for the presentation and discussion of benchmarked education results. Benchmarking provides a baseline against which the performance of education systems can be monitored, both internally to track change over time, and externally, in comparison with other systems, especially…
THE Government, through the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), will soon complete a nationwide school infrastructure project valued at $100 million. The project, which comprised of new classroom buildings and the renovation of existing ones, was implemented in 2015 and 2016 is expected to be completed by June 30 before being handed…