A SEMINAR on establishing and managing trust funds was held at the 18th Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in Honiara on Thursday. It was chaired and moderated by the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Tuiloma Neroni Slade with presentations from the World Bank Group, Government of Tonga, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and…
POPULAR Concerns Citizens group, the Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) has reminded Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo and NCRA government to honor its commitment towards the establishment of the 4th USP Campus at Doma. The much talked about USP’s 4th campus at Doma, West Guadalcanal was boosted with a timely support by NCRA government last…
Government-funded Solomon Islands students, studying at the Divine Word University (DWU) in Madang, Papua New Guinea have issued a seven days ultimatum to their sponsor as a result of non-payment of allowances. A statement from the DWU Solomon Islands students association (SISA) yesterday said failure by the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) will result in the…
Sacked Auditor General (AG) Edward Ronia is challenging his termination from the office by filing a case in the High Court. The case is to challenge his removal from office last year by the public service commission (PSC). Michael Pitakaka Law Chamber filed the case on behalf of Mr. Ronia. Mr. Ronia has decided to…
Crew will also take on the best Solomon Islands football players! Australian navy ship HMAS Parramatta will be visiting Honiara until today. This is part of a three weeks goodwill deployment to the South Pacific. “We are very pleased to welcome HMAS Parramatta to Solomon Islands,” said Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne. “The crew will…
The continuous ill-disciplined actions of several police officers continue to come under the spotlight from the public which has raised serious questions about discipline within the force and its integrity. This came following reports claiming several police officers are consuming alcohol in their bus while travelling back into town from Mamara over the weekend. The…
A GROUP of Central Kwara’ae chiefs have called on former police chief, Frank Short to stop interfering with the local justice system of the country and also to stop his calls for fugitive Edmond Sae to surrender to police. Mr Sae is wanted for the murder of then Police Commissioner Sir Fred Soaki. In an…