THE Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions (SICTU) has urged Minister of Public Service to act swiftly in presenting the new Public Service Bill to Parliament by this year. SICTU represents a coalition of public service unions and associations, including the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union (SIPEU), the Solomon Islands Teachers Association (SINTA), the Solomon…
PANATINA Community High School in East Honiara has become the first school in the country to implement an electronic teacher monitoring system. The school recently purchased and installed a ZKTeco K40 device from Smart Technology Limited for under $3,000. The new system aims to monitor the attendance of the school’s 38 secondary teachers. Principal Mary…
RECIPIENTS of the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) Constituency-funded scholarships are reminded to focus on their studies. MOI Constituency Member of Parliament Polycap Paea, Constituency Development Officer (CDO) and Constituency Project Officer (CPO) encouraged the recipients during a briefing in Honiara recently. This comes as the students began their first semester classes at the Solomon Islands…
SOLOMON Islands Government ICT Services Unit (SIG ICTSU) has celebrated the graduation of the Junior Professional Program (JPP)’s second cohort, a SIG-led initiative fully supported by the Solomon Islands-Australia Partnership. The program is providing a strong and growing pool of talent for the local ICT sector and offers aspiring young ICT professionals opportunities to gain…
THE much-anticipated soccer match return leg between the Arawa Soccer Team from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) in Papua New Guinea and the Munda-Noro Soccer Team is set to take place in Arawa in June, sparking excitement amongst football fans across the region. The match, which follows a competitive first-leg encounter, is expected to…
THE Western Football Association (WFA) is yet to finalise its events for the year as it still awaits budgetary allocations and logistical arrangements from Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF). WFA President John Smith Pitabelama confirmed in an interview with Star Sport last week that the executive committee are yet to convene their first official meeting. …
THE former Solomon Islands National U19 prodigy forward and Henderson Eels forward Jimson Abana, who recently joined the Fijian Extra Premier League side Labasa FC, has marked his name with a total of 5 goals in his two debut matches. Abana, in just his first two appearances with Labasa FC, already marked his name with…
THE Solomon Islands Council of Trade Unions (SICTU) has urged all Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to collectively assess their roles to fulfil their mandate in ensuring that national and provincial governments govern effectively and transparently on behalf of the public. “They (CSOs) should hold these governments accountable through governance institutions, the judiciary, media and social…
THE Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWCFA) and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) Embassy celebrated the International Women’s Day in Honiara on Friday. They marked the event at the University of South Pacific (USP) Honiara Campus, East Honiara. The celebration coincided with the second day celebration of the Chinese Film Festival.…
TWO Solomon Islands University of the South Pacific (USP) Laucala Campus third year Environmental (Earth) Science students Michelle Fifiri and Glenford Iamaea participated in the JENESY Program 2024 spoke highly about it as an ‘eye-opening.’ JENESY stands for Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange of Students and Youths. It is a program fully funded by the…