‘MOVES TO HALT BILL’

THE Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet says the real reason behind the mass resignation of Government Ministers is an attempt to halt the Anti-Corruption Bill (ACB) from getting into Parliament. This follows the resignation of nine Government Ministers and nine Backbenchers over the weekend. They claimed their reason for leaving was having lack…

GOVT LOSES MORE MPs

Teamed up with Honiara Hotel Camp last night By Lynnissha Runa  ELEVEN (11) more government Ministers and Backbencers have walked out from the Sogavare-led Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) yesterday and have joined the Honiara Hotel Camp last night to form a new government. The Honiara Hotel camp last night claimed it had 29…

Rocky is Mr South Pacific

Historic feat for local body building By SIMON ABANA Rocky Teklem becomes the first Solomon Islander to win the Mr South Pacific Body Building overall winner title in the 2017 South Pacific Body Building Championship yesterday at Multipurpose Hall. Teklem’s historic feat came after he out-scored other finalists that included athletes from New Caledonia, Tahiti…

Gov’t collapsing

Sogavare loses seven ministers By LYNNISSHA RUNA A new government is likely to be formed within the next two weeks following the resignation of seven cabinet ministers yesterday. More ministers are expected to tender their resignation letters in coming days. Among those who resigned is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Manasseh Maelanga.…

Volcanic ash affects thousands in Temotu

ABOUT 11,500 people in Temotu province are affected as a result of the continuous eruption of volcanic ash from Tinakula, a report from the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) yesterday revealed. However, the report stated that the number can be ascertained in the coming days as verification continues. Reef Islands and the Polynesian outlying island…

Rayboy lauds support for new dining hall

Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Paripao ward in Guadalcanal Province Andrew Rayboy has thanked  the Australian volunteers who helped to build a new dining hall for Tenakonga School. Tenakonga Adventist College is situated in the highlands of North East Guadalcanal, about 14 kilometres  inland drive from the highway road. Mr Rayboy told the…

Panatina school, U19 champs

PANATINA community high school clinched the Honiara Football Association (HFA) Under 19 football tournament with a convincing 3-0 victory over Numbu community high school yesterday at Lawson Tama Stadium. Both teams started the grand-final on equal terms as they searched for an early goal. Numbu who won the HFA U15 tournament earlier this year got…

SIX NOCSI OFFICIALS AXED

SIX Vice presidents who are executive members of the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) were removed in an Extraordinary Congress meeting held at the Heritage Park hotel on Wednesday. The 6 were members of the NOCSI executive board and their removal was due to amendments made in the constitution during the Extraordinary Congress…