Minister for Culture and Tourism (MCT) has encouraged tourism operators on Bita’ama village in North Malaita to improve their sanitation and water supply before they can start accommodating visitors. Bartholomew Parapolo highlighted this during his speech at Bita’ama on Tuesday. Mr Parapolo was the first ever Tourism Minister to set foot on North Malaita since…
People of Bita’ama in North Malaita Malaita have promised to cease killing of dolphins for food consumption and plans to convert their traditional hunting of dolphins to become a tourism attraction. This was revealed during a high level delegation visit led by Culture and Tourism Minister Bartholomew Parapolo to Bita’ama village on Tuesday. The delegation…
Honiara City Council (HCC) through the office of the Market Master is planning to monitor the weighing scales used by fish vendors at the Honiara Central Market. This came after few incidences of unscrewed weighing scales that occurred over weekend. Speaking to the Solomon Star this week, an officer from the office of the Market…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has re-emphasized the need for local journalists to strive for quality reporting. He re-iterated this to go inline with the theme of this year World Press Freedom Day ‘Let Journalism thrive towards better reporting, gender equality and Media safety in the digital age.’ He said, everyone know the importance of media…
Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare reiterated on the need for our local journalists to be more professional in their career, by breeding good journalism that will hold public trusts. Speaking during the Media Association Solomon Islands (MASI) anniversary celebration held at the Honiara Hotel on Wednesday evening, the guest of honour said that media plays…
MEDIA workers marked World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday night in Honiara – three weeks after the official designated day on May 3. The celebrations may have come a bit late, but it was worth the time and money spent to mark the occasion at the Honiara Hotel. Media workers across the world celebrated this…
A ‘Prime Minister Media Excellence Award’ will be awarded to a top journalist this year. This was announced by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during the Media Freedom Day celebration last night. Mr Sogavare said, in recognition of the good working relationship that exists with the media the government is introducing the Prime Minister Media Excellence…
The Taiwanese national who was on trial for two counts of intimidation charges has been found guilty of one of the charges. Mai Yung Fu, 65, was remanded in custody yesterday after his conviction of one count of intimidation awaiting the sentencing submissions. Both prosecution and the defence counsels will be presenting their submissions for…
A man facing various criminal charges has denied all the allegations against him when he appeared in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Robert Pepeo pleaded not guilty to the charges of causing death by reckless and dangerous driving, using abusive words, simple larceny and threatening or insulting behaviour. He entered his pleas before Magistrate…
The court on Tuesday remanded a man accused of stealing cash and valuable properties totalling up to $85,000 from a home at Burns Creek area, East Honiara. Julian Robin Sira, 29 has been remanded in custody for one count of burglary. This followed a remand application made by Police Prosecutor Alice Foanaota before Magistrate Augustine…