Four Japanese volunteers who have spent two years in the country have completed their assignment and will leave the country early next month. They are Masayuki Iino, Yasuko Chiba, Ai Tanabe and Toshiaki Kono. The four came into the country in 2013 under Japanese International cooperation Agency (JICA) and spent their time teaching and helping…
Honiara streets have been flooded with supporters of intending candidates contesting the Honiara city council election. On Tuesday, along the roads candidates and their supporters conducted their final campaign through a float parade. Supporters came out in numbers by loading vehicles, shouting, chanting their candidates name and symbol while traveling in convey of vehicles through…
THE CHAIRMAN of the Gold Ridge Community and Landowners’ Association is calling on the DCC Government to seriously consider their outstanding issues. “As the government settles down and ready to kick start its business, I want to remind government to consider our outstanding issues,” Dick Douglas said on Tuesday. He said former NCRA government has…
A YOUNG man who stabbed his de-factor partner with a knife after a night out early this year is now serving an 18-month jail term. Dickson Kwaimani, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful wounding. He is also facing other charges of larceny from a person, common assault, and two counts of simple larceny…
POST COURIER- The Governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea have announced a five year plan to promote gender equality in PNG. The plan, delivered through an Australian Pacific women’s development initiative, will focus on creating leadership and economic opportunities for women and effectively reducing family and sexual violence. Australia and PNG recognise that women…
THE woman who buried her baby alive in a shallow grave last year at Kaibia, Honiara, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Justice Francis Mwanesalua sentenced the 34-year-old Malaita mother in the High Court. Nelly Waitai had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of attempted murder. The maximum penalty for…
CONCERN citizens group Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) is calling on the new DCC government to consider the prevalent water situation in Gizo. A Gizo resident yesterday sent a message to FSII expressing her ordeal caused by the water problem in Gizo. The resident said all water tanks are now empty and residents are now…
MORE than 240 seaweed farmers in Choiseul and Malaita Provinces have undergone a training aimed at equipping them with financial knowledge on how to manage their finance gained from their seaweed farms. The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), with support from the New Zealand Government, through the Mekem Strong Solomon Island Fisheries (MSSIF)…
SAMOA OBSERVER – A name change for the region’s beauty pageant from ‘Miss South Pacific’ to ‘Miss Pacific Islands’ has been met with widespread approval from the contestants. Miss Papua New Guinea, Grace Nugi said the change is brilliant. PNG is one of the Pacific islands that is not located in the South of the…
WHILST welcoming and congratulating the DCC government for the recent Ministerial announcement, FSII has criticized the selection of certain government Ministers. Hundreds of members including former Bishop of Malaita, Rev. Terry Brown has criticized the appointment of Hon. Bodo Detke as Minister of Forestry and Research. “Whilst many of the new ministerial appointments are very…