Friday, December 9th, 2016
JK Mabuzu stages colourful graduation ceremony
JK Mabuzu community-based Trade training centre has successfully staged its fifth annual graduation ceremony yesterday at Voruki Village, West Gizo, in Western Province. The graduation ceremony was a colourful parade where parents, official guest of honour Robert Rigeo and former JK Mabuzu students gathered to witness the school annual graduation. The highlight theme for this year’s JK Mabusu graduation ceremony is ‘Nothing without God’. More than 40 students from different trades in plumbing, carpentry and national trade test certificate in basic level and intermediate received their certificates for successfully completingRead More
Historical archaeological findings in east Are’are
AN Archaeological cooperation project between the Solomon Islands National Museum and the Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures of the German Archaeological Institute started in 2012 with an excavation of a flint knapping workshop site at Apunirereha at East Are’Are. The aim of this research project is to enlighten the prehistory and understanding of human migration and initial settlement of the Solomon Islands. The Head of the Archaeology Unit of the Solomon Islands National Museum and Co-Director of the Solomon Islands-German cooperation programme, Lawrence Kiko and the Team leader, DrRead More
Community leaders approve CBT initiative
ONE-DAY seminar facilitated by the Land Economic Management and Conservation (LEMCO) concluded with stakeholders and community leaders eyeing the new tourism concept. The new tourism concept called Community Based Tourism has been introduced to 36 participants from government sectors, NGOs, community groups, churches and students by LEMCO at the National Auditorium yesterday. The seminar ended with participants forged to adopt the CBT concept, given that this idea is ideal for community development in Solomon Islands. CBT is new to the Solomons, and LEMCO in collaboration with Solomon Hosts will continueRead More
Voruvoru community urged to look after FAD
VORUVORU and its surrounding communities at Northwest Choiseul are urged to look after their project of the Fish Aggregated Device (FAD) put on last year some Kilometres north of Voruvoru Catholic Mission Station. This is according to the fisheries officer Thompson Miabule who went from the Taro Choiseul Provincial Headquarter to check the FAD they put on. A three-man team under the Choiseul Climate Change and Adaptation Program (CHICCHAP) under the leadership of Mr Thompson said that the FAD is used to attract fish to the aggregated device so thatRead More
SPREP-FINPAC target countries vulnerable to climate change
THE Lord Howe Community is among eight Pacific Island communities Finish Pacific Project (FINPAC) is targeting to implement its climate change ideology, a programme of preventing disaster risks. The Climate Change Officer of SPREP Office in Samoa, Mr Salesa Nihmei highlighted their project called FINPAC funded by Finland’s government is targeting eight Pacific nations to work with each country’s methodological services. Mr Nihmei said the project is targeting Lord Howe because they are vulnerable to climate change, and their support of a warning system is to help them stay alertRead More
Gizo public concerned over betel nut venders
PUBLIC in Gizo have expressed their disappointment over venders who continue to sell their betel nut along the street of Gizo. “some venders are still continue to sell their betel nuts along the street with their stalls and this is unfair for some of us who are still struggling for space at the main Gizo market were all disappointed,” they say. A concerned resident told Island Sun Gizo yesterday, the responsible authorities have already located a site for betel nut venders to do their daily selling. “We all understand thatRead More
Ombudsman office role in fighting corruption
THE Office of the Ombudsman Solomon Islands is an established government agency that independently deals with maladministration of public offices. Explaining the function of the office, Principal Research Officer of the OOSI, Mr Rex Akomae said the office deals with promotion of fairness, accountability, transparency and resolving of activities under maladministration as a way to advocate for anti-corruption. Mr Akomae told the press during a recent press conference that as other institutions of integrity, they also play a major role in fighting against corruption in public offices. He said thatRead More
New Guadalcanal agreement to attract jobs with British Columbia hotels
GUADALCANAL Province has created history once again in the area of Labour Mobility with Canada when it signed an agreement that will allow up to 350 of its job-ready graduates be employed for hotel jobs in British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia is Canada’s third largest province with a population of 4.7 million people, almost 9 times the population size of Solomon Islands. The Labour Mobility agreement includes an important climate change aspect, and was signed by the visiting Guadalcanal Provincial Government Premier, Honourable Anthony Veke and the British Columbia Hotel Association Chair, David MacKenzie. This agreement will open growing opportunities for CITREC-GP graduatesRead More
PM pleased with bilateral dialogue with Australian foreign minister
PRIME Minister Sogavare has described bilateral discussions with the Australian Foreign Minister, Hon Julie Bishop and her delegation in Honiara yesterday as ‘very fruitful.’ Prime Minister Sogavare, Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon Milner Tozaka, Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services, Hon Stanley Festus Sofu and Minister for Tourism and Culture, Hon Bartholomew Parapolo met with the Australian Foreign Minister and her delegation when they stopped over in Honiara for the first leg of a tri-nation Pacific tour. Hon Bishop’s delegation comprised the Minister for InternationalRead More
West urges gov’t on completion of major projects
THE Western Provincial Government has urged the national government on the completion of major development projects in Western Province. Premier, Wayne Maepio told Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare that work on the Gizo Tourism office complex has stopped, and the Gizo D-Road project has been very slow for reasons equally levelled on the unavailability of funds. “Our proposed Tourism Complex development project is at the mercy of contractors, and as you would notice upon your arrival, no much progress has been made in terms of physical structure. “The same could alsoRead More