ACTING Auditor General has dismissed an Island Sun front page story yesterday that claimed the Office of the Auditor General is not up to standard. “This is simply not an accurate description of the talk that I gave to Members of Parliament at their induction session on Wednesday 12 May 2015,” Acting Auditor General, Robert…
AS part of preparation to host the 2018 Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival in the country, government through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) plans to build Melanesian Village. This will be located at the southern end of the Festival of Pacific Arts (FOPA) Village. The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary (PS) John Wasi revealed this…
Police Commissioners of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) countries have been reminded of their ‘serious’ responsibility to ensure the peace and safety of the Melanesian sub-region. The Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the reminder in his key-note address to the fifth MSG Police Commissioners conference in Honiara on Wednesday morning. “You occupy very important positions…
Members of the civil society organization under the umbrella body of Solomon Islands in Solidarity for West Papua gathered in numbers on Thursday to renew their call on the Solomon Islands Government to support the bid for West Papua to gain full membership in MSG. The call was made ahead of the Prime Minister and…
A SOLOMON Islands National University (SINU) mathematics lecturer will be leaving to Japan on a six weeks mathematics scholarship funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Patrick Valusa, who is a mathematics lecturer at SINU, will be leaving on the 18th of this month to Japan to study a more advanced and effective way…
THE Solomon Islands National University students association (SINUSA) executive has formally conducted their handing over ceremony yesterday afternoon at Kukum campus. This was to allow newly elected executive for 2015/2016 to run the association. In his speech former president Wilson Mae congratulated his successor George Apato and told him to take over from where he…
SYDNEY, 1 (AFP) – Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology has warned the El Nino weather phenomenon, which can spark deadly and costly climate extremes, will pack a punch this year after declaring its onset in the tropical Pacific. El Nino is associated with drought conditions in Australia and occurs when the trade winds that circulate over…
CONTINUOUS heavy rainfall has disrupted classes in various schools in and around Auki town, Malaita province over the past days. The heavy rain started on Wednesday night and continued till yesterday morning which stops both teachers and students from turning up at school. Students from Auki Community High School, Auki Primary School, Aligegeo provincial secondary…
The Lord Mayor Alfrence Fatai, the Minister of Land, Housing and Survey Andrew Manepora’a, and the Minister of Environment Samuel Manetoali, have formally endorsed the UN-Habitat climate change vulnerability assessment for the City of Honiara. This report is part of UN-Habitat’s Cities and Climate Change Initiative involving cities throughout the Asia-Pacific region; including the Pacific…
Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has acknowledged the Speaker of Parliament Ajilon Nasiu and his office staff in facilitating the MPs’ induction program. He was speaking at the opening of the Induction on Monday night. He also thanked the New South Wales politician Jonathan O’Dea for his presence to conduct the induction. Mr Sogavare said,…