Community to commemorate April flood

Survivors and victims of the 2014 Honiara April 3 flash flood will be commemorating the 2014 April flood. Most of the survivors who have been resettled at April Hill in East Honiara have lost loved ones. Speaking to the paper, treasurer of the organizing committee Charles Ketea said, “it’s now April, and our thoughts about…

More attend literacy school

More than a hundred participants both male and female attended a new literacy school at Holy Cross this year. The school was managed by the Counsellor of Holy Cross Cathedral Georgiana Sogote’e. “The main goal for the training is to equip and train both old and young people who don’t know how read and write…

Immigration, labour laws to be reviewed

THE country’s existing immigration and labour laws will come under review as part of easing the challenges affecting foreign investment in the country. A statement from the Government Communication Unit said this step is one of the activities undertaken in the Government’s sectoral reform programs to strengthen the Ministry of Trade, Commerce, Industries and Immigration.…

Election office ends workshop

“NO problem is too small to overlook for the health of smooth running of elections.” These are the word of Chief Electoral Officer Polycarp Haununu. “Our continuous strive for future elections is to achieve, free, fair and credible Elections” After the successful completion of the National Biometric Voter Registration and Election last year, the Solomon…

Shopkeeper jailed for theft

A SHOP keeper has been sentenced to a one-year imprisonment and fined $2,000 yesterday after pleading guilty to stealing $75,000 from his employer. Moses Kande, 20, of Gela pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement. Principal Magistrate Edwin Saramo regarding the aggravating circumstances, said he accepts that embezzlement, and similar offences such as larceny by…

Punched, kicked and stoned

But SIPA chief vows reform must go on SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) chief executive officer Colin Yow vows not to abandon the current reform he was engaged to oversee, despite Wednesday’s violence at the port’s premises. A highly determined Mr Yow, who was brought in recently to administer the Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated…

Leni spill the beans on SIPA

WORKERS of state-owned Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) are illegally giving themselves personal loans of up to $75,000 or more. That’s according to SIPA board chairman Nollen Leni, who decided to spill the beans after the employees, through their union, demanded his sacking over current reforms. “The SIPA Act is specific on company loans; it…