THE LEADER of Opposition Jeremiah Manele has acknowledged the 33% increase in funding to basic education to meet operational expenditures of Early Childhood Education, Primary, Secondary and Rural Training Centres throughout the country. Mr Manele said the education sector, like the health sector, continues to receive a huge share of the budget, which he said…
TWO female Japanese volunteers have arrived to serve in the country. They came under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) volunteer programme. Mizobuchi Yuriko from Fukuoka city and Kimura Tomomi from Ibaraki will serve here for two years. Ms Yuriko will work with the Ministry of Health and Medical Service (MHMS)as a Nutritionist, while Ms Tomomi…
THE Government needs to invest more in its people. Minister for Development Planning & Aid Coordination Danny Philip reiterated this while speaking in parliament on the 2015 budget this week. “The government has named the 2015 budget after the people, therefore it must give it to the people so that the real changes that we…
MALAITA’S ward 7 provincial member and lawyer Leslie Kwaiga has been appointed to spearhead the organisation of Malaita Conference. Premier Peter Ramohia announced that last week. He said the province plans to hold the conference for its leaders and people in May or June this year. Mr Kwaiga was appointed to be in charge of…
PRESIDENT of Honiara Council of Women, Martha Alacky say the country needs tougher laws to prosecute those who committed rape and domestic violence against women and girls in Solomon Islands. Mrs Alacky made these comments last Friday after recent stories about rape, abortion and gender-based violence making headlines in the local media for the past…
PRIME Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare has challenged new graduates of the Solomon Islands National University (SNU) to proactively participate in the social and economic development of the country. Prime Minister Sogavare was speaking at the second graduation of the Solomon Islands National University yesterday. The theme of the graduation ceremony was ‘Empowered and Make A…