THE Minister of Lands, Housing & Survey Joseph Onika has authorised that the Land and Titles (Amendment) Act 2014 will come into force on 1st December 2014. The primary purpose of these legislative amendments is to introduce a new Land Board, to take over the responsibility for allocating interest in land from the Commissioner of…
SAMOAN Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has urged governments of all Small Island Developing States(SIDS) to stop the “Blame and Shame” game and instead partner to address the growing challenges facing SIDS. Mr Malielegaoi said the problems facing SIDS will sooner than later become a “global problem”. He said everyone needs to work together and…
AS the global community focuses its attention on partnerships at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) took an ‘unconventional’ approach by acknowledging the role of the media as key development partners. Led by Director-General, Dr Colin Tukuitonga, SPC’s delegation to the SIDS Conference engaged…
BURNS Creek Adventist Primary School (BAPS) on Wednesday staged its first ever annual science fair competition. The competition, which eventuated after a lot of consultation and planning, saw a total of 466 participants from early childhood education (ECE) to grade six compete for the three top prizes. Students were required to design, create and demonstrate…
THIS month’s Youth Market encourages young people to be peacemakers under the theme Peaceful Youth, Happy Isles. “Young people are powerful instruments of peace; when we let them explore peace in their own way we are giving them confidence to become peaceful citizens and to inspire other youths to build peace in their communities,” Youth…
A new community rest house was unveiled at Irigila village,North Vela La Vela in the Western province, Monday this week. The rest-house was the initiative of Irigila community which had begun its construction May this year. The assistance came from Member of Parliament (MP) for North Vella La Vella, Hon. Milner Tozaka. The rest-house featured…
Foreigners residing and working in various organisation and companies in Solomon Islands have been reminded to help Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) relay positive things about Solomon Islands abroad instead of something negative. Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) marketing manager, Freda Unusi, highlighted this during the 2014 Our Telekom national tourism forum (NTF) held at…
Think differently – change the mind set – educate the children – leave a legacy for our children we can be proud of – just do it. These are just a few of the key messages emanating from the 2014 Our Telekom national tourism forum staged at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara last week.…
MINISTER for Agriculture, David Tome has highlighted that students of Solomon Islands National University (SINU) are currently engaging with various local cocoa and coconut farms as part of their practical assessments. Agriculture Minister Tome highlighted this when responding to a question posed by Opposition Leader, Dr Derek Sikua, if students were engaged with farms in…
A new bus service aimed at addressing the short bus route in Honiara will start serving the city this Sunday. Two new jumbo buses will service two routes in the city which will see adult and children paying $5.00 and $3.00 respectively for four trips in a day. The buses can carry around 55 passengers…