WHY ANOTHER MINISTRY? By ANDREW FANASIA THE country does not need another ministry, Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) chief executive officer Ruth Liloqula says. She was speaking before the Bills and Legislation Committee, which is conducting hearing into the Traditional Governance and Custom Facilitation Bill 2018. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and…
A MOTHER of seven has been fined $5,000 for selling kwaso in her market stall at Mbokona area in Central Honiara on Tuesday afternoon by the Honiara Magistrates’ Court. Elizabeth Moa who pleaded guilty to one count of illegal sale of liquor was given until October 16 to pay up her fine. Failure to pay…
TSI urges gov’t to delay passing controversial law TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) yesterday urged the Government to halt taking the Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation Bill to parliament. The bill is currently with the Bills and Legislative Committee, which has started conducting its hearing yesterday. TSI’s call came a day after the Civil Society Sector…
Police in Western Province is investigating a report of an alleged armed robbery at a logging camp in one of the islands in the Shortlands over the weekend. It is alleged that around 3pm on Saturday 15 September 2018 two boats powered by 40 horsepower engines, carrying around ten people arrived at Sanai logging camp,…
Honiara Integrated Primary School (HIPS) administration has expressed anger over the way the Honiara City Council (HCC) Law Enforcement has forcefully demolished their only school market house. The school is located near the Multipurpose Hall in Chinatown. School Principal Jim Tepo who was furious over the action described the move as ‘irresponsible.’ Mr Tepo along…
A WOMAN accused of driving the car that killed a 15-year-old girl in a tragic accident last Saturday in Honiara has been remanded in custody on Tuesday. Veslyn Ririana, 26, of Isabel Province, appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time following Saturday’s tragic event. She faces charges of causing death by reckless or…
IT’S OUR MOMENT: WAITA By CARLOS ARUAFU THE national under-16 side will take a shot at history when they meet archrivals Fiji in the first Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U-16 Championship semi-final, which kicks off at 10am today at Lawson Tama. The winner will secure a spot in next year’s under-17 FIFA World Cup in…
Government policy on the extractive industries continues to be inadequate. That was according to the Member of Parliament for Aoke Langalanga Mathew Wale. He said that the longer these inadequacies continue the more resources the country and landowners lose. “The nonsense of the determined price mechanism how long is the government going to keep this…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources annual Provincial Fisheries Officers conference got underway in Honiara on Monday morning with most of the provinces represented. The provincial fisheries officers’ participation has been made possible through the World Bank’s Pacific Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP) under its component 2: Sustainable Management of Coastal Fisheries. PROP is a…
MINISTER of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Augustine Auga has challenged pig farmers to utilise their ability and strength to venture into piggery farming to earn money and support their families. He stated this at the opening of Adaliua Integrated Pig and Agriculture centre in Central Kwara’ae close to Auki in Malaita province last week. Mr…