Monday, March 6th, 2017
Fish canning workshop ends successfully in Honiara
A small fish canning workshop conducted in Honiara last week will soon equip locals with knowledge and skills to process and preserve their own fish. The training programme is in line with the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC Government’s) Policy to involve local Solomon Islanders in economic activities that will bring benefits to their families. The workshop was a training of trainers in canning fish processes designed to help to safely process and conserve their fish products at the household and village levels. Participants at the workshop were selected byRead More
Standup pipelines planned for Central Market
THE Market Master reveals Honiara City Council’s plans to improve Central Market’s water system, despite limited budget lately stopping authority from measuring the unprotected food handling by vendors. Plans are underway to improve the Honiara Central Market water system Mr Jimmy Hanson Riunga, the Market Master reveals in an exclusive interview with Island Sun. Over the years it was obvious and most talked about in media, venders used cement floor to wash and prepare their goods and seawater for cleaning their produce which is described as unhygienic practice for customerRead More
Veteran politician Snyder Rini saves the day for the Government
SNYDER Rini – one of the nation’s long serving politicians and Minister of Finance and Treasury – has been credited with saving the government from getting involved in the potential financial quagmire involving the Hell’s Point saga. It has emerged that the Office of the Prime Minister went into full throttle two weeks ago trying to save Van Vlymen from potential bankruptcy following a court decision in New South Wales, Australia. Government attempts to borrow $50 million from the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) and $150 million from the SolomonRead More
No tsunami threat, relief for Gizo residents
NO tsunami threat issued out over the weekend was a relief for Gizo citizens after a shaky earthquake rocked the town bit for a few seconds. An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.3 occurred on Saturday around 2pm approximately 14 kilometres northeast of Mono Island, Shortland Western Province. It was located near latitude 7.2 degrees South and longitude 155.7 degrees east. Luckily there was no tsunami threat for Solomon Islands as issued by the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service later on around 2:15 pm the same day. Despite no tsunami threat, theRead More
Senior Minister called in sickie over arrest
A lawyer allegedly stopped police from arresting a senior Government Minister on grounds his client was ill. The incident happened about a month ago when police went to the Minister’s Honiara residence because he was avoiding his office. But when police got there, the lawyer who was acting for the Minister allegedly stopped them from making an arrest, saying his client was gravely ill and that an arrest would not help his condition. But lawyers and others consulted on the matter said lawyers don’t have the powers to stop policeRead More
Calls for strong and vibrant HCC Community Governance system
LAST week the ministry of national unity, reconciliation and peace hosted a meeting for stakeholders to discuss the concept of peace building in and around the capital. RAMSI officials and the deputy commissioner of police were also in attendance. The meeting begun with a short presentation from the Chief Peace Reconciliation Officer of Honiara City (CPRO) Mr Glins K Clay. Mr Clay outlined three objectives of the ministry’s national peace building policy. He explained the first objective which is to coordinate stakeholders and promote social cohesion given that there isRead More
RSIPF is ready: RAMSI Special Coordinator
SPECIAL Coordinator to RAMSI Mr Quinton Devlin believes that Solomon Islands police force is capable for running independently after RAMSI leaves in June. Mr Devlin said that since RAMSI landed on our shores they were here to carry out three important tasks. These three tasks were; to restore law and order, to help stabilise our financial status and help restore our ministries. The third task is in relates to the ministry of finance, parliament and the magistrates courts. He stated that in the last 4 years, RAMSI provided training, advice,Read More
Call for support of Gizo waste management day
GIZO public have been urged to turn up and support the waste management fun day this week. The fun day will be held at the MSG building from 9am to 2pm on Friday. This is organised by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Gizo, the Division of Energy and Natural Resources of the Western Provincial Government, Gizo Town Council and Solid Waste Management Volunteers. JICA volunteer Yuko Furukawa said, “I want everybody to participating and make good effort to attend this Fun-Day. “We encourage people living around GizoRead More
UN encourages SI youths on Arab states strategy
THE United Nations Office in Solomon Islands highlights youth unemployment is a global issues which is described as a major challenge to every country. In a National Youth forum recently, Ms Azusa Kubota, the Head of UN Joint Presence in Solomon Islands highlighted the Arab states’ concept that empowers and engages youth in the region which sets important example for Solomon Islands. She said Arab states also a very young region, and the high youth unemployment rate is a major challenge to them similar to Solomon Islands. Given the challengesRead More
Commercial logging poses increasing environmental, social, security and development threats
THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Forestry and Research, Mr Vaeno Vigulu, last week said over harvesting of Solomon Islands forest resources is good for the economy but will cause extensive damage to the forestry sector in the future. He added the country’s economy had survived for decades on forestry resources and now officials are signalling a red light as a result of high levels of deforestation. That warning light was flashing nearly two decades ago and I had clear knowledge 19 years ago that deforestation was increasing atRead More