AS the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise progresses nationwide, more and more voters are heading back to the provinces to get themselves registered for the first-ever synchronised 2024 National General Election (NGE). Since the BVR started on Monday last week, a growing number of citizens are embarking on boat journeys back to their home constituencies…
NATIONAL unity is crucial in addressing the pressing issues of corruption and climate change in Solomon Islands. This was highlighted in the winning speech of the Intermediate Category of the 2023 National Oratory Contest in Honiara last Friday. The intermediate category saw the participation of nine contestants and Ellen Soni, a Form Three student of…
Overwhelming landowner response to the proposed Auluta commercial farming project in East Malaita was an important factor towards moving the project forward. During a consultation and awareness meeting with three Auluta tribes spearheaded by officials from the Ministries of Commerce, Agriculture, and the Office of the Prime Minister last week, tribal members said they are…
Pakera copra buying centre in Kirakira closes its door due to diversion of funds from DCGA’s flagship policy PAKERA Buying Centre in Kirakira – the country’s only facility buying copra and cocoa products from rural farmers – is closing down just 17 months after Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare officially launched it. Rural farmers saw the…