Solomon Island Council of Trade Union, (SICTU) has welcomed the announcement made by the Chair of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the controversial COVID-19 $309 million Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) PAC Chair, Gordon Darcy Lilo agreed to initiate hearings into the recently released Audit Report on ESP after he met with the Auditor…
A FORMER police officer who was found guilty of obtaining $40.000 under false pretence from a man in 2019, will be sentenced after the issue about the delay on her case is sorted. The defendant Pauline Sipi was found guilty of four counts of false pretence charge after a trial. Her matter came before the…
Eleven planning and policy officials from government and Honiara City Council (HCC) recently visited Australia to study how to better plan, finance, deliver and maintain infrastructure projects in Solomon Islands. The three-day training program organised in the past week was facilitated by Australia’s Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program, is being delivered by the University of Sydney. Australian…
A resident of the Shortland Islands, Derrick Pako, has joined the Luapel House of Chiefs in Malaita province, in urging the government to lift the ban on the harvesting and trading of beche-de-mer. Pako expressed his support for Luapel Chief Hugo Kivans, stressing that lifting the ban would provide much-needed income for people in his…
The three days Pacific Human Right Defenders (PHRDs) workshop held at the Heritage Park Hotel from 8th to 10th of October, is dubbed as an ‘eye opener’ for the participants. HRDs from Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji have gathered in Honiara to build their knowledge on the legal protection mechanisms available for them and initiated discussions of…
Japanese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, H.E. Miwa Yoshiaki, held a Food Security Seminar in Honiara on Thursday with local journalists. The seminar highlighted the ongoing cooperation between Japan and the Solomon Islands in tackling the alarming rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). During the seminar, H.E. Miwa highlighted the importance of medical care in the…
The Solomon Islands Airports Corporation (SIACL) Board of Directors celebrated the first anniversary of the new State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) being in operation at the New Zealand High Commission in Honiara on Tuesday, 8 October 2024. The location was appropriate as the Solomon Islands Government along with the New Zealand Government, provided grant funding to establish…
SOLOMON Islands Government has established a Pollution Fund to deal with maritime oil spills in the country. Supervising Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management and Meteorology, Rexon Annex Ramofafia, confirmed this when he opened the four days’ work workshop on Tuesday. The workshop focussed on ‘Strengthening Marine Pollution Incidence Resilience in the Pacific…
WHEN you visit Auki town, it’s hard to miss Max Bobby, a prominent advocator for the Malaita province’s green health initiative. Under the Green and Health Auki program, Max takes the lead in raising public health awareness throughout the week. Bobby’s job revolves around educating the community about maintaining a clean environment in Auki. In…
THERE are 20 very high environmentally-risky shipwrecks in Solomon Islands, it was revealed. The revelation was made during the recent ‘Strengthening Marine Pollution Incident Resilience in the Pacific Islands’ at the Heritage Park Hotel. In his presentation, the Major Projects Foundation Research Director Dr Matt Carter said there are around 210 major vessels across Solomon…