Most candidates will contest the upcoming election on November 19 as independent candidates. This made Solomon Islands Democratic Party’s (SIDP) legal counsel, Gabriel Suri to question the registration process to form Political Party as stipulated under the Political Parties Integrity Act in High Court on Monday. Under the Act, one of the requirements is for…
A MILLION dollar project in Malaita Province, known as the slaughter house project has been dubbed by former Malaita Premier as a total failure and calls for investigation. Richard Na’amo said the slaughter house project received some $1.2m, but was never completed. The slaughter (abattoir) house project located at Aligegeo village near Auki, was started…
A HIGH Impact Tourism Training (HITT) for women and girls was successfully held at Taro, Choiseul Province last week. Fifty-six participants (50 women and girls, and 6 men) attended the three-day training workshop. They came from Taro, Supizae, Polo, Rabakela, Sirovanga, Poroporo, Barabarakakasa, Vurango, Moli, Luimuni, Koloni, Gazakeo villages. Apart from Choiseul, a group of…
THE Honiara City Council City Clerk (HCC) on Tuesday assured the Japanese government that it will spend the SBD $635,392.68 accountably and have it retired properly. Charles Kelly Honiara City Clerk said this after the Japanese government handed over a funding support for the construction of a new Ranadi landfill administration and training centre. Construction…
The Embassy of Japan in Honiara on Tuesday handover a total of US$85,748 (SBD$635,392.68) to the Honiara City Council (HCC) for the construction of a new Ranadi landfill administration and training centre. The proposal was submitted to Japan Embassy March this year. The handing over of the cheque was conducted by Ambassador of Japan in…
Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) officially launched its first crop protection manual book for trainers at Burnscreek, east of Honiara on Tuesday. The manual was an initiative by KGA with the help of other sectors as part of strengthening food security in the country and most especially in the rural areas. The project was funded by…
AN Election awareness team made up volunteers from Isabel have completed a two week awareness program in Gao/Bugotu Constituency. The Gao/Bugotu Team 4 Change (GBT4C) conducted awareness talks on the topics of gender justice, good leadership and fair, free and clean elections around 16 villages in Gao Bugotu Constituency. Speaking to this paper, Team leader,…
WE need women in Parliament. This was the message highlighted by Election awareness group, the Gao/Bugotu Team 4 Change during their two-week visit to Gao/Bugotu Constituency in Isabel Province. Team leader Ender Fafoi Rence said during the two week tour, the team stressed the importance of having women in Parliament, adding that such would be…
Stakeholders representing marketplaces across Melanesia have found that despite differences they also experience many of the same challenges. Last week they met to share solutions to those challenges and make their markets safer, more inclusive and non-discriminatory. Among those at the UN Women, Markets for Change (M4C) regional stakeholder roundtable were representatives from Honiara Central…
The Australian, New Zealand and British High Commissioners laid wreaths at the ‘Pride of Our Nation’ monument at the Commonwealth Street, Point Cruz to mark Remembrance Day yesterday. US Consular Agent Keithie Saunders laid a wreath in honour of Veterans Day. Remembrance Day is each 11 November in Commonwealth member states. On 11 November 1918,…