No more land for future tourism development

Honiara has no vacant land for future tourism development says permanent secretary (PS) of lands, housing and survey.  Stanley Waleanisia was speaking during the 2014 Our Telekom national tourism forum held which was successfully staged at Heritage Park Hotel on Friday. Mr Waleanisia clarified this when the forum openly discussed a possibility in asking the…

DPM in Apia for SIDS

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Moon opens 3rd UN SIDS meeting in Samoa

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has officially opened the 3 rd Small Island Developing States conference in Apia last night along with Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi. The UN Secretary General said Samoa said Samoa has opened its arms to the world and celebrate the coming together of the international community which…

West celebrates youth day

More than 700 youths representing Gizo and Vella La Vella in the Western province converged into Gizo on  last Thursday to commemorate the world youth day in style. The day which was commemorated based on the theme “Youth and Mental Health” was staged at Gizo netball court stadium. The day was commemorated globally on August…

Locals in Townsville showcase culture

The Townsville Solomon Islands Association (TSIA) recently had the opportunity to take part in the Townsville cultural festival. The festival is a yearly event in Townsville which showcased food, music, information and products from all over the world. Townsville is a very multicultural town in north Queensland, Australia. There is always a great turn out…

Election heat is now here

High ranking gov’t officials resign to contest polls UP to 10 high ranking public servants will resign to contest this year’s national elections. They include Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service Ishmael Avui, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Dr Lester Ross, and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Planning and…

Avui, a fine public servant

Ishmael Avui is one of few fine examples of any well-disciplined public servants. This is how chairman of Public Service Commission Elliam Tangirongo described the outgoing permanent secretary, Friday. Avui, who has been Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Service in the last eight years, resigned to contest the North-East Guadalcanal seat. Tangirongo said…

Sofu commends outgoing PS

Outgoing Permanent Secretary Ishmael Avui has been commended for his outstanding 26 years of service with the government. Avui was farewelled Friday, as he leaves to contest the North-East Guadalcanal seat in the upcoming election. “Ishmael Avui is a career civil servant and I am so privileged to have him as my permanent secretary since…