Chief Executive Officer of Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA), Colin Yow,has vowed to make a difference in improving the lives of Solomon Islanders through his reform programs. Yow made the assurance in response to criticisms by critics opposed to recent increases imposed on import and export trade goods tariffs. He said SIPA alone is not…
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) fire fighters yesterday came under scrutiny from the public when they failed to put off a fire that razed a two-storey building in Chinatown. Members of the public said it’s obvious the Fire Service is incapable of handling big fires. One eye-witness said slow reaction, lack of capability and…
The 8th Premiers’ Conference will open today in Honiara. But the formal session will start Monday. Guadalcanal and Honiara City Council are jointly hosting this year’s summit. All provincial premiers are now in Honiara.
Governor General Sir Frank Kabui and his wife are invited to attend Taiwan’s Double-Ten celebrations this year. Kabui and his delegation will leave on Monday. He was among foreign dignitaries Taiwan has invited to its national day celebration this year in Taipei. It’s understood Taiwan is meeting the airfares and other expenses of Kabui and…
JAPAN last week handed over a major water supply project to villagers in north Malaita. Kolofe and Kwaibala community are the recipients of the project, built at a cost of more than half a million dollar. The project include a 3,000 gallons cement water tank, 18 standpipes, and one public toilet facility. Funding came under…
Malaita Provincial delegation to participate in the Premiers conference in Honiara arrived in the capital yesterday. The one week conference officially starts tomorrow. The delegation is led by Premier Peter Channel Ramohia and his Provincial Secretary Rodney Fono. It includes the full Executive members of the Provincial Government. Premier Ramohia said the conference gives a…
Solomon Airlines has announced it will commence operation of a new direct Honiara-Nadi service effective Wednesday November 4. This is still subject to Government approval. The Solomon Islands’ national carrier will utilise its flagship Airbus A320 on the route which is scheduled to operate Honiara on Wednesdays and Nadi on Thursdays. The new service builds…
No surveyor has yet been contracted for the proposed Fiu Hydro Project in Malaita. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands & Housing Stanley Waleanisia made the clarification following social media speculation that a private surveyor has been selected. It was alleged a private surveyor was engaged for $6 million to do the job. It…
A European warning to Taiwan for failing to manage its fleet’s fishing activities in the Pacific and other oceans and curb illegal fishing is a welcome step forward in the protection of fish stocks plundered by distant water fishing fleet, including Taiwanese fishing vessels, Greenpeace says. A precursor to an import ban, the ‘yellow card’…
Islands States from the Pacific and Caribbean took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, to call for urgent action on climate change, with one leader warning that their people and culture face “potential genocide” from rising seas. “I speak as an islander who has walked the shores of many atoll islands,…