Monday, June 6th, 2016
USP ASSISTS BUSU WITH WATER TANKS
BUSU community in the Langalanga lagoon of Malaita Province, received assistance from the University of the South Pacific (USP) last Friday at Busu village. Seven 10,000 litres and one 5,000 litres Rotomould water tanks were handed over to the community over the weekend. USP Project Manager, Ms Aliti Koroi said, I’m honoured to be part of this handing over ceremony here at Busu. Koroi said, it’s not an easy thing to donate such materials as it costs us alot of money to buy for these materials. “But we thank ourRead More
SIVB – Getting the tourism message across
THE SOLOMON Islands tourism industry has enjoyed one of its best ever starts to a year with combined international visitor arrivals for the two month period January and February 2016 increasing by more than 23 per cent. Official Solomon Islands government statistics released this week show 3,362 international visitor arrivals for the period reached 3,362, a 23.4 per cent increase over the 2,724 total achieved for the same period in 2015. Double digit growth was achieved in all the destination’s top four source markets – Australia, the US, Papua NewRead More
Gizo NDMO to conduct ERT training
THE NATIONAL Disaster Management Office through the Provincial Disaster Management Office will be commencing an Emergency Response Team training to be held at the Gizo Women’s Center tomorrow. In a statement from the NDMO office in Gizo, the purpose of the ERT training is to teach key personals to be able to undertake and manage basic requirements of disaster response in their area. “It will begin with participants from various important sectors from the province, including the Ministry of Health, Police, and Agriculture with various Non-Government Organisations like the SolomonRead More
Call for HCC to partner with other organisations
THERE IS a need for the Honiara City Council to coordinate with other organisations in order to carry out its by-laws effectively. Honiara man, Henry Kahui made the statement, urging HCC to consider this and see what they can do to push their by-laws to activeness. He said the enforcement of the city by-laws are weak and people tend to show no respect to them as well. He said a classic example of it is the selling of smokes and betel nuts behind the corridors of Chinese shops in HoniaraRead More
Public transport service providers applauded for tobacco initiative
THOSE INVOLVED in the city’s public transport services are applauded for the quality behaivour shown during the course of their services. A Henry B Kahui made this acknowledgement, honouring cab and bus drivers and their conductors for living up to the free smoke initiative. He said since the Honiara City Council (HCC) has issued out stickers on the tobacco control act and vehicle owners have pasted out stickers against smoking on their vehicle, public transporters are taking up stride to live up to the act. Mr Kahui said that byRead More
ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGISLATION CONSIDERATIONS
I READ in the local media that Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) has said there is connectivity between the proposed Anti-Corruption Bill and the Integrity Whistle Blowers Bill and that both of these proposed Bills should be enacted together TSI reportedly argued, “As a package in the fight against corruption these various pieces of legislation amongst others will maintain and protect civil society space, voice, and activism in the fight against corruption.” TSI has also called on the public for comment on their reasoning for both the quoted Bills to be broughtRead More
Commitment to Solid Waste Management vital: Nanau
MAKING COMMITMENT to improve solid waste management is a way forward to addressing the environmental health issues in Honiara. Director of Environmental Health in the Ministry of Health and Medical Service, Tom Nanau told Island Sun this week that waste management is currently seen as a big issue and requires everybody’s commitment. He suggested that responsible authorities, businesses and residences have to continually recognise, appreciate and response to the importance of waste management in the city. He said stake holders campaigns have to also focus on making the appeal ofRead More
Abortion: society’s silent killer
SO MUCH has been reported and condemned in the public domain over the most horrible and inhuman act of murder that is frequently happening behind closed curtains in Honiara and elsewhere in the country. The number of dead foetus discovered in different locations around Honiara City is rising year after year. The issue is becoming a concern one that is beyond control, and made worse by an ease of access to drugs used to induce abortion, as revealed by a medical doctor in an interview. The medical practitioner who requestedRead More
Prisoner says sorry after 18 years
LONG SERVING prisoner in the Correctional Service of Solomon Islands (CSSI) Dudley Pongi has finally reconciled after nearly 18 years with the family of the late Maelyn Ledi LLIfau, who was found dead near his taxi at the upper Ngossi area in 1998, whilst Pongi, then a very young man, and his last passenger were found fast asleep near the scene of the crime where he was subsequently charged with his murder. At a very emotional reconciliation ceremony at the Tetere Farm Correctional Centre on thursday, the family represented byRead More
USPSA- SI sets date for election
THE USP Student Association (USPSA) in the Solomon Islands campus has set ninth June as the date for electing a new president. Currently, nominations have been closed with four parties to contest namely; Our Party, Academic Front for Change and Excellence, Student’s Coalition and One Student Party. The open campaign will start on eight June at the USP car park for one day. The four parties are lobbying and have set out their respective camps around the school campus. The Returning Officer and Former Deputy Chair of USPSA Federal, WilfredRead More