Supporters welcome Lilo

Gizo, the centre of Western Province came to a standstill this week as Caretaker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo returned to his constituency to seek his peoples’ consent to represent them in parliament for the fourth term. Reports from Gizo said the response was resounding and overwhelming with more than 200 people showed up to…

USP health week comes to an end

The University of South Pacific (USP) Solomon Islands campus health week that was organised in partnership with the Ministry of Health will end tomorrow. The two weeks event is about making a commitment to ‘invest in your health’ which was based on the theme for this year. Chairman of the health week Joseph Samani said…

‘No shortage of medical supplies’

THE MANAGER of the country’s national medical store has denied claims the country is facing shortage of medical supplies. It was reported the country is facing a shortage of essential medical supplies following the April floods and recent disease outbreaks of dengue fever, measles and diarrhoea. But speaking to this paper in an interview, Willie…

Moves to resolve flight impasse

A government delegation will travel to Fiji to negotiate the long dispute between Fiji Airways and Solomon Airlines early next month. The impasse between both countries’ aviation authorities started in July, after Solomon Airlines refused to grant a request from the Fiji Airways for an extra Saturday flight beside its Tuesday schedule. As a result…

Veke slams land sale rumours

GUADALCANAL Premier, Anthony  Veke has denied the sale of any provincial land at Marau to Lee Kwok Kuen company. Two weeks ago Veke and his associates were reportedly dishing out money believed to be from the sale of land. But Veke described the reports as pure allegations that have no basis, but a move to…

Permanent Secretaries urged to lead in reform

The Secretary to Cabinet, Mr James Remobatu has urged Permanent Secretaries (PS) that they must lead the financial reforms within their ministries. Addressing Permanent Secretaries in a Financial Management Workshop in Honiara on Monday, Mr Remobatu said there is a balance that Permanent Secretaries must strike in the delivery of their outputs and their accountability…

Youth for Change launching

The Solomon Islands Youth for Change Team will be launching the Youth Mainstreaming as National Goal Campaign today at Ashley Street, Point Cruz from 12:00-13:00pm. The event will also be promoting free and fair general election 2014, crime free general election 2014 and the launching of the Solomon Islands Youth for Change Team East Honiara…

SICCI facilitates business training

The Pacific Business Mentoring Programme (PBMP) trainers have returned to Honiara for a 4-days long training to existing and new clients. The training started on Monday at Heritage Park Hotel that saw 19 small and medium size businesses from the agriculture, tourism, professional services, events management, floral arts and manufacturing sectors undertaking this business training.…