There is an urgent need to address the pollution caused to Metepona River on North Guadalcanal by the mine operations at Gold Ridge on Central Guadalcanal. North Guadalcanal Chief, Benedict Garimane said the new Government, formed after the November 19 National Elections, a new Gold Ridge Investor, the Kolobisi Landowners Association, and the Guadalcanal Provincial…
A TWO day workshop on Ecosystem Approach Fisheries Management (EAFM) held at Rarasu restaurant Auki, Malaita Province will end today. The two days workshop was organised and facilitate by World Fish Organization (WFO) based in Auki. The purpose of the training is to get update from each representative (participates) from the communities to present feedback…
Guadalcanal Provincial Tourism Office aims to improve all tourism facilities within the province by 2015. Jesinta Koli, Guadalcanal Provincial Tourism Office highlighted this when speaking during the official opening of a three days tourism training in Marau yesterday. Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) together with the Guadalcanal Provincial Tourism Office organised this three days…
Guadalcanal Provincial tourism office is calling on the soon to be elected eight Members of Parliament (MP) in Guadalcanal to support tourism industry in the province since tourism is the next alternative development for the province. Jecinta Koli, Provincial Tourism Officer highlighted this during the official opening of a three days hospitality training in Marau…
Forty six (46) tourism operators and landowners in Marau, East Gaudalcanala re currently undergoing a three days tourism training which kicked off yesterday. One of the highlights of the training is to teach the operators to be polite when welcoming their guests upon their arrival. Laurie Leketo,Senior Research Tourism Officer within the Ministry of Culture…
Communities from zones 5 & 6 of Dala parish had dual celebrations during the past weekend to mark the feast day of St. Luke the patron of Rufoki church in West Fataleka and at the same time to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Auki. The Diocese of Auki was founded in…
THE CARETAKER Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has been reported to have interfered with police’s standard procedures by directing Police officers to release his son from custody. This follows an arrest police made at Vavaya Ridge on Tuesday at around 8.30 pm. It was reported the boy whom Lilo claimed to be his son was…
SEVENTEEN (17) intending candidates will contest for the Central Kwara’ae Constituency (CKC) seat, Malaita Province. A reliable source close to the paper confirmed this to the paper last night. He said that out of that seventeen intending candidates two (2) were females and fifteen (15) males including the former MP. The intending candidates are; outgoing…
A draw to find out the order of names of all intending candidates that will appear in the voting ballot paper was staged yesterday for Guadalcanal Province and Honiara City Council Constituencies. This came after the close of nominations. The draw was conducted at the National Museum and was witnessed by election officials. The draw…
CAMPAIGNING in various constituencies should start after the final list of intending candidates is published. This was clarified in the Candidates and Agents Handbook and even clarified by Chief Electoral Officer, Polycarp Haununu. Mr Haununu when asked on the matter said that no campaigns should begin before the final announcement and publication of intending candidates.…