FORMER Guadalcanal Province (GP) Premier Stephen Panga has passed away in Honiara last weekend. A statement issued by his immediate family members and relatives yesterday confirmed his passing. “On behalf of the immediate family at Matanga village, North Guadalcanal to all family relatives, friends, work colleagues both former and current at both private and Government…
GOVERNOR General Sir David Vunagi has suggested the abolition of the ‘non-established workers’ salary levels in the Public Service and also a review of the Public Service General Orders which he labelled as anachronistic. Sir David made this suggestion in his 2024 New Year’s Address over the national broadcaster – Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC).…
PRIVATE and public sector employees will be given only one day off work in order to vote in this year’s national general elections. That day is the polling day, according to the new changes which Parliament passed last week. This change or amendment is contained in Clause 11 which “amends section 116 of the Principal…
THERE has been little progress in the implementation of Ward Development Funds (WDF) projects in Western Province since the revised budget was passed last year. And this raised concerns amongst some of the Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA). The legal groundwork and the approval of the Western Province Assembly was made during its March…
THE 2024 Academic Year of the South Sea’s Evangelical Church-operated Su’u National Secondary School (NSS) in West Kwaio, Malaita Province, is set to commence on Monday 22 January. The commencement date was announced in a statement yesterday to remind both old and new students to get ready to travel to the boarding school. Parents and…
A GOOD number of beachgoers have reportedly got sick from jelly fish bite after swimming at beaches situated along West of Honiara. Over the past weeks, many families from the city have been visiting the beaches to celebrate Christmas and welcome the New Year. And in most cases, young children spent hours swimming in the…
COMMUNITIES in West Kwara’ae Constituency (WKC) have received what they described as ‘timely support’ from the WKC Development Fund during the 2023 Christmas season. The financial support was distributed by the constituency’s zone leaders to each and every church in the constituency. The amount of support varied according to the population size of the communities…
WITH the long New Year weekend celebration ahead of the country, the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) is appealing to the people of this nation for a crime-free and safe New Year 2024 celebration. This came after the nation witnessed a peaceful Christmas celebration in the last weekend. Police also took time to thank…
Call for visa-free arrangement AS the 11th Parliament comes to its natural death this weekend, the government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has last one wish – a visa free travel arrangement with its two partners. Minister Jeremiah Manele a week ago during the final sitting of the parliament in his…
Couple to plea to indecent act A COUPLE who was charged together for indecent act after the wife allegedly encourages her husband to show his private body part to one of her nieces will plea to the allegation on 15 January 2024. The husband is facing two counts of Indecent Act whilst the wife is…