Parliament will meet next week to discuss one of the CNURA's government biggest and most ambitious initiatives the Political Party Bill.
The bill aims to reform the political system and will include changes to the constitution.
The Prime Minister has designated Monday – for the Committee of the Whole House to discuss a report on the political party bill.
And the bill to be tabled the next day.

One of the hidden stories of the ethnic tension has been the impact of the crisis on students and children.
Sereima Siosi a former student of Selwyn College during the tension says the impact of the crisis continues today to haunt many of those who lived through the trauma of the crisis.

More than three hundred logging licenses were given to logging companies involved in the destruction of Solomon Islands natural forests.
The Solomon Islands Diagnostic Trade Integration Study 2009 report says that as of July 2008, a total of 333 licenses were issued, 150 of which were milling while 183 for felling.

The national disaster council issued a nation wide tsunami warning early yesterday morning following an 8.8 earth quake that struck Chile in South of America that generated a tsunami. A pacific warning was issued by the pacific warning center in Honolulu Hawaii for the whole of the pacific. The PTC warning said less than 1 meter wave should hit Solomon Islands between 10 to 11 am yesterday.

Solomon Islands journalists will be trained on promoting children’s rights under a project launched on Friday by Save the Children. The Australian funded project will allow local journalists to undergo training to fit in the UN Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) in their work. This training will also focus on techniques which can be used when interviewing children, and guidelines for reporting on child-related issues.

The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology held a function on Thursday to mark a very special week for the ministry and its partners. The function marks the closing of the national solid waste management training workshop, the pre-launch of the new Environmental Studies program at SICHE and the end of a half day workshop on sustainable financing for conservation projects.

18 participants from a two week intensive training workshop at King Solomon Hotel graduated as qualified trainers on Friday. The United Nations Development fund for Women funded workshop aims at helping women in leadership and participation in governments. The graduates of the workshop are now qualified to design training programs and modify modules for their organization especially on women’s political participation and representation in the context of elections. The UNIFEM’s Gender Equality in Political Governance program is a 5 year initiative co-funded by Ausaid under its Pacific Leadership Program.

The CNURA government says reviving the cattle industry is one of its priorities towards widening Solomon Islands agricultural base. Despite his government's commitment to the cattle rehabilitation project, the prime minister admits that he has no idea when finances will be available to purchase the cattle.