East Are’are constituency

  Dear Editor – Much has been said about the current leadership and its achievements in East Are’are in the past three years. I would like to share my views based on my personal observation as someone whose home is in the constituency. First, while the current leadership might be alright, his task force team…

Fiji hits back at Sogavare

FIJI has hit back at the deputy prime minister Manasseh Sogavare over criticism about the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Speaking in parliament Monday, Mr Sogavare said Fiji should apologise for bringing Indonesia into the MSG. He said Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama breached MSG procedure by forcing the other four full members to accept Indonesia…

Work to revive Gold Ridge progressing

WORK to revive and resume the operation of Gold Ridge Mining Ltd in Central Guadalcanal is progressing well. That’s according to Minister for Mines, Energy & Rural Electrification Bradley Tovosia. Mr Tovosia updated parliament on the work to reopen Gold Ridge Mining when he was questioned by Member of Parliament (MP) for Aoke-Langalanga Matthew Wale…

New health deal with Australia

AUSTRALIA and Solomon Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Pacific Pharmaceutical Laboratory Testing Pilot Program. This pilot program will give Solomon Islands access to Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) laboratories for medicine quality testing. Testing will focus initially on a selection of routine antibiotics and medicines commonly used in Solomon Islands…