TEMOTUANS who are residing in Honiara are appealing to their Members of Parliament (MPs) to reconsider their present position with the Sogavare-led Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA). Following the violence that took place in Honiara last week, community leaders and elders of Temotu from the constituencies of Nende, Pele, and Vatud in Honiara convened…
THE Opposition Group of Parliament has maintained the position that Manasseh Sogavare should no longer be Prime Minister (PM). Continuing on the reasons why this is their stance, the press statement says that the Prime Minister is a mindless, short sighted and utterly incompetent leader who if allowed to continue as PM, will destroy this…
WESTERN Provincial Assembly (WPA) Member for Ward 22 of Nono Gilisi Palmer has been sworn-in as the newly Elected WPA Deputy Speaker this week in Gizo. The closed door election was conducted on Wednesday morning in which Gilisi was announced the new Deputy Speaker. He was later sworn-in at 3pm that same day by the…
POLICE have arrested a total of 217 people including 33 juveniles who allegedly involved in the looting and rioting during the recent unrest in Honiara. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau said of them have already appeared in court and remanded while others are still under investigations. “This arrests covered day one (November 24) to December 1,”…
The Honiara City Council has encouraged those who experienced unfair pricing or being overcharged by buses or taxis (public transport) to contact the Law Enforcement Unit for further action. There have been reports that certain shops have hiked their prices very high following last week’s riots, whilst in one case, a bus had increased its…
Who owns the foreshore? This is a very big and “hot” topic and I’ll attempt in this article to summarise it as much as possible. It’s a vexed question and even the High Court has made different conclusions, that land covered by water, below highwater mark (what we would call “the sea”) is either vested…
Commander Paul Osborne of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) and Australia Federal Police (AFP) Policing Partnership Program (RAPPP) was today (3 December 2021) sworn in as Deputy Commissioner of the RSIPF to oversee the Solomon International Assistance Force to Solomon Islands. Commissioner Mr. Mostyn Mangau said: “As the Commissioner of RSIPF I am…
‘PACIFIC Light Baptist Church (PLBC) has their worship place burnt down during the riot last week in Chinatown. Despite the loss, head of the church, Pastor Michael Deatrick in an interview with the Solomon Star said those things that were burnt were not their things. “They were God’s things, and no fire can consume our…
SINCE Coconut is one of the key export commodity of the country for years, a rehabilitation program for coconut farmers of ward 28 in west Kwaio, Malaita province is effectively underway. A bulking site consist of around 10,000 nuts has already been prepared and will be distributed to farmers when it is ready. Around 3000…
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has updated its initial assessment on the cost of the damage of the riot on the local economy. The extent of the adverse impact on the economy is extensive and estimated to have reached $534 million, up from the $227 million initially estimated. There around 63 buildings being…