PARLIAMENT has passed the Provincial Government (Amendment) Bill 2014 on Tuesday 19th August 2014. This Bill amended the Provincial Government Act 1997 in order to permit holding of elections on a date other than the fourth anniversary of the previous election when certain circumstances make such action necessary in the public interest. After deliberations by…
A NEW organization established to work with communities protect children conducted training for 16 community reps, Friday. Homes Of Peace and Empowerment conducted the training on the role of Gatekeepers in their communities and what are the weaknesses that encourage the exploitation of children. Spokesperson Helen Ferguson said men, women and youth attended and gave…
THE Government has assured and guaranteed returning and recently graduated medical students that there are jobs available and that they will be absorbed in the Public Service upon their return. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr Cedric Alependava revealed this when he accompanied the Education minister, Dick Ha’amori and his delegation to witness the…
TOURISTS praised the 2014 Artificial Island and Shell Money Festival held in Langalanga, Malaita, over the weekend. And they encouraged the Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) and Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) to make the eventan annual one. On Saturday people from Busu and nearby villages in Langalanga Lagoon came together in numbers to…
SANTA Ana people of East Makira Constituency have questioned whether the operation of the fisheries centre which was opened there last year was progressing or not. In 2013 Fisheries Minister and Member of Parliament for East Makira Alfred Ghiroopened the fisheries centre. A spokesperson Willie Foraásaid that the Fishery project has stopped operation for almost…
THE International Labor Organisation ILO is hosting a three-day child labour and trafficking forum next week at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara. The forum will be opened by the s Minister of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration, Elijah Doromuala. It will be attended by relevant government departments, workers and employers as well as media…
NEWLY elected Renbel premier Timothy Johnston says he was the legitimate and democratically elected leader of the province. And Mr Johnston called on former premier Lence Tango to stop barking because he is no longer the premier. “Mr Tango should stop misleading the public of Renbel with his baseless accusations,” Mr Johnston said. “It is…
GOVERNMENT’S bureaucracy has become an obstacle to many well intentioned policies, ideas and plans. A Charles Rongovata from South Guadalcanal made the statement this week. “It is supposed to be a system that ensures all government’s policies, ideas and plans are implemented with efficiency, effectiveness and consistently,” Mr Rongovata stated. “Sadly, this is not the…
ISLANDERS of Sikai’ana in the Malaita Outer Islands are calling on the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) to clarify why no relief aid was sent to them during the past five months of disaster they’d been through. According to Sikai’ana islanders, many of them had resorted to eating only coconut after heavy winds and rain…
MEDIA has an important role to play in promoting and reporting sustainable harvesting of the region’s tuna resources. This is because tuna is the single largest sustainable resource that is available in the region that will continue to support the regional countries and their economies and food security in the years to come, if properly…