TODAY Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo will leave the country for his first official engagement with the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) since being elected as Prime Minister last year. Solomon Islands is a very important member of this group and no doubt the presence of our Prime Minister is significant. So what is the purpose…
AFTER weeks of intense public debate, the minister of education Dick Ha’amori had announced government’s support for the 4th University of the South Pacific (USP) campus in Honiara with the allocation of a land. What a relief it would for all those who wants to see the establishment of this fourth campus in the country.…
In the quiet corners of the Lungga area a small but important workshop has just been completed this week. The workshop was intended to train women as peace-markers in our societies. It was a timely seminar to remind us of the import role that women play in our societies. What is often overlooked is the…
When Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo took over from Danny Philip in November he immediately made popular announcements. One of them was to cut all post-paid mobile phones of those that did not fall in the bracket of a minister, permanent secretary and constitutional post holders. Another major announcement was for him to move to…
ITS a problem that is getting from bad to worse now. Take a drive through the Honiara City during peak time and you would be lucky enough to reach Point Cruz from the China Town within ten minutes because of the traffic congestion. Its a headache for many drivers and commuters who are driving and…
THE Solomon Islands had been trying to join the Australian seasonal workers scheme some years back, but was denied. New Zealand stepped in and accepted the deal which resulted in many Solomon Islanders going to New Zealand to work over the past years. Former Prime Minister Danny Philip during last year’s Pacific Islands Forum meeting…
Its good to know from reports that the second phase of the feasibility studies conducted at the Tina River Hydro project is producing good result. As the Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification Moses Garu has described, this is encouraging and significant for the country and its future. Now that the study had produced…