A SECOND Induction training program for Members of Parliament on Parliamentary Committee System is in progress at the Heritage Park Hotel from the 24th to 26th July 2019. This second induction program looks closely at the role of committees in Parliament and the important Oversight role that committees’ play in scrutinising government policies and implementation.…
Three hundred new applicants for the Auki Correctional Center (ACC) sat for their physical test on Thursday in Auki, Malaita Province. The physical test is a compulsory test that all new applicants who wish to be recruited into the Correctional Service must undergo before they can be shortlisted for interview. The applicants will sit for…
COURT REJECTS STRIKE-OUT BID By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN CHIEF Justice Sir Albert Palmer on Thursday dismissed a bid by Lau/Mbaelelea MP Augustine Auga to strike out an election petition case filed against him. Philip Harry, who was runner-up in the April 3 polls, filed the petition against Auga, claiming the Agriculture and Livestock minister paid people to vote…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Guadalcanal Province attended an alleged suicide resulting in the death of a man in his 20s at the Moto Pool area, Henderson, East of Honiara on 20 July 2019. Police Criminal Investigating Officer (PCIO) of the RSIPF in Guadalcanal Province, Inspector Hughes Nevol says, “Officers…
SOLOMON Islands National University’s (SINU) Kukum campus is now powered by solar energy after the commissioning of the solar project last Friday. The project is a gift from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to young Solomon Islanders attending SINU. It is aimed at reducing SINU’s utility costs so that the amount saved could be used for…
COMMISSIONER of the Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Gabriel Manelusi recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Youth Fellowship ((IYF) in Korea. The MOU was signed after a week-long Police & Corrections Forum (PCF), which gathered commissioners from all over the world. Manelusi said he signed the MOU with the founder of…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says our young generation who constitute our future need God’s wisdom and guidance. Sogavare highlighted this in his recent speech to mark the 41st Anniversary of Solomon Islands early this month. He said in order for our young generation to learn to be responsible citizens, parents’ play a key role to…
THE New Zealand Government through the New Zealand High Commission and Honiara City Council have entered a memorandum of understanding towards the upgrade project of sporting facilities. City Mayor Wilson Mamae and New Zealand High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Don Higgins signed the memorandum to begin the project at the Multipurpose Hall vicinity. This is…
THE Malaita public has thanked the new Malaita Provincial Government for seeing it fit to upgrade the Auki road within just two three weeks in office. Auki roads have been left untouched for the past two years causing the road conditions to deteriorating more than ever. Seeing the new Sudani led government taking actions to…
SICCI calls on MID to convene Road Transport Board GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (MID) has been urged to convene the Road Transport Board (RTB). The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) issued the call to address the current traffic issue affecting the city. The RTB has not been activated…