STUDENTS, DRUG ADDICTS

Students taking Copen while attending classes A sad picture of students being addicted to the locally manufactured drug Copen is evident at schools in Western province. An education officer and parent relayed this during a one-day workshop focused on Child Policy Direction held in Gizo, Western province on Friday. The workshop was conducted by the…

Brothers graduate from Kosovo’s IMASI

BROTHERS Lonsdale Lenny and Sterry Lenny Junior have returned home, having successfully completed a seven-week intensive training at the World’s International Mines Action Standards (IMAS) Institute in Kosovo, Eastern Europe. Lonsdale and Sterry Jnr have become our first civilian nationals to complete the training outside Solomon Islands.  Lonsdale and Sterry Jnr arrived back earlier this…

Dash-8 finally arrives

Our very own ‘Megapode’ Dash-8 aircraft has finally touched down in Honiara this afternoon (Saturday) after months of repair works and maintenance. The aircraft was supposed to arrive early this month and started operating on Monday 10th October. However, there were further delay due to a number of technical issues to be sorted out and…

Police News

Win Win boss charged for intimidation   THE National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have charged the General Manager of Win Win Mining Company with two counts of intimidation, a statement from the RSIPF Media said. The charges were laid after a search warrant was conducted for a replica…