MALAITA Ma’asina Forum (MMF) has lashed out at the opposition leader Jeremiah Manele to stop barking on an issue he knows very little about. MMF president Charles Dausabea said, the response of the Opposition leader on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s directive to grant export permit to Ontong Java Development Company is nonsense. Dausabea said, Mr…
Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare has met with a delegation of representatives from the Auluta Basin in Malaita Province on Thursday. Auluta Basin has been earmarked for the proposed palm oil development. During the meeting the seven men delegation expressed their desire for Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government to facilitate the implementation of this…
The Leader of the Parliamentary Independent Group, Honorable Manasseh Maelanga, is in support of calls made to the Prime Minister to work with available public institutions within the government machinery, including his Ministers. “This is our country and we need to respect all institutions established under the laws of the land. We must grow within…
THREE women were caught selling betel nut yesterday on the street by the Honiara City Council (HCC) law enforcement officers, which has attracted a huge crowed. Despite the recent call from the HCC authority to keep 7 metres clear from the shops and buildings along the Honiara Street, some vendors continue to breach the 7…
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) has directed Solomon Islands Maritime Safety Administration (SIMSA) to prepare to become an independent Maritime Safety Authority soon. This was revealed by the Director Captain Timothy Harris saying this will be a self-funded organization instead of being a government department. This means it would meet its own…
Honiara City Council (HCC) Law Enforcement division has been equipped with a brand new land-cruiser vehicle . The cruiser was handed over by the Mayor in a brief occasion which included a parade by the officers and also witnessed by the public at the HCC headquarters. The Mayor Alfrence Fatai said, this was part of…
ABOUT 51 participants have successfully completed a basic physical fitness and sports training at Haleta community, Central Island Province (CIP) last week. Most of the participants received their certificate at the end of the training. The training was organized and conducted by Johnson Teava, president of CIP Hero’s social sports club. Speaking to the Solomon…
In the considered opinion of the authors, savings clubs in some form are here to stay in the Solomon Islands. In the developing world and more particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, informal financial services like Savings Groups, Chit Funds, Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) and Accumulating Savings and Credit Associations (ASCAs) co-exist…
Pacific Financial Inclusive Program (PFIP) this year will work in partnership with non-government organisation (NGO) in Solomon Islands to (NGO) to promote women’s saving clubs. In a statement to, the organisation said, it will work closely with all NGOs to encourage and promotes women’s savings clubs. The statement said, PFIP want to take service this…
Investors and middle-men trying to visit the shutdown Gold Ridge Mine have been told to keep out from the mine site. A chief who wishes to remain anonymous told FSII News yesterday that so far his people have recorded 5 different unknown investors and middlemen intruding into the mining lease area to take pictures of…