CHIEF of Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) in Honiara Douglas Moh led agricultural specialists last month to Western and Isable provinces to promote agricultural cooperation extension work. In Western, the team visited the Training Centre Reclamation & Cultivation in Vavanitita Community, Paradise Community, and Goldie College School. The visits allowed the team to conduct and guide…
REGIONAL journalists undertaking the business and economics report training in Apia, Samoa, spent yesterday ay looking at how to write simple reports on national budget in their respective countries. More than 10 business reporters working in the print, radio and television from around the region are attending the training which is being held at the…
THE Mataniko bailey bridge will open today for public use after constructors completed the temporary bridge yesterday. New Zealand funded the bridge after the old bridge was destroyed in the April 3 flash flooding in Honiara. Acting Development Counsellor of the New Zealand High Commission in Honiara Barbara Williams and First Secretary Development Luke Kiddle…
THIS year’s International Archives day theme unfolds the very existence of an archive to national development and the role we play as public servants. National Archives of Solomon islands director Julian Chonigolo emphasised this at archives day marked at the National Museum’s auditorium hall yesterday. The theme was ‘Good Records, Good Archives and Good Governance. …
A MAN who evaded police on several occasions after he fraudulently obtained money from several foreigners has been arrested at his home village last weekend. Michael Bosa from Luluga village on Central Guadalcanal is now in police custody. Police alleged Bosa was heavily involved in the local gold buying business where several foreigners were involved.…
THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism John Wasi has launched the National Archives Solomon Islands Records Management Handbook yesterday. The launch coincides with the International Archives Day celebrations in Honiara. The handbook was presented to the permanent secretary and NASI director Julian Chonigolo by Cathrine Green from Australian Volunteer International. About 150 copies…
SAVE the Children in Solomon Islands says there’s an outbreak of leprosy affecting 24 people living in displaced people’s centres in Honiara. The head of logistics and emergency, Graeme Kenna, says no one has died from leprosy but the situation is stretching the health services in Solomon Islands as the country struggles to recover from…
AUSTRALIA’S Minister for Justice Michael Keenan has praised the enduring support of RAMSI and Australia to the Solomon Islands’ Law and Justice sector over the past 10 years. The acknowledgement was made on the Justice Minister’s arrival in Honiara yesterday. Australia has worked closely with the national government to strengthen its justice institutions since 2003,…
GOVERNMENT has lifted the immigration ban it imposed on Gold Ridge Mining Limited (GRML) expatriate workers, allowing the first 10 to return last week. Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo initiated the ban after GRML closed its Gold Ridge operation in central Guadalcanal in the wake of the April 3 flash flood and sent all its…
THE Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) says it is functioning effectively and has rejected claims that ‘the country does not have an Electoral Commission’. In yesterday’s Island Sun newspaper, freelance writer Alfred Sasako claimed that the timetable for the National Election is in doubt because there are ‘no Commissioners appointed’. A claim the SIEC has…