Dear Editor – Your newspaper yesterday carried a report of alleged burning of machines, equipment and a growth centre at Vanikoro last Sunday. If the report is substantiated it raises serious concerns because I personally relayed information to RAMSI’s Special Coordinator , via RAMSI’s website, on two occasions prior to the arson attacks, after receiving…
IN a few days, the national government will stage the week-long National Healing and Apology programme in Honiara. The event will run from July 1 to 7. The government expects the programme will bring to an end the sad chapter of the ethnic tension, and open a new page for the country to move forward.…
PACIFIC Island countries and territories stand to benefit from the sharing of cutting edge marine scientific and technological knowledge between the Republic of Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) and the Pacific Community (SPC). The President of KIOST, Dr Gi-Hoon Hong, and the Pacific Community Director-General, Dr Colin Tukuitonga, yesterday signed a memorandum…
CAN Brexit go so far as to threaten an end to globalisation? Probably not. It’s true that Britain has voted to withdraw from the European Union and return to its former self, both politically and economically. However, the narrow margin and the voting pattern in last Thursday’s referendum in the world’s fifth largest economy seems…
A man who allegedly failed to burn down a cell at the Henderson Police Station which is under Guadalcanal Province has been remanded in custody on Monday. Selwyn Rifasia faces one count of arson for the alleged incident in August last year. He was arrested and placed in custody following an incident and then allegedly…
The managing director of the closed down mini casino Cyber King will plea to the allegations against him on July 11. Ting Kwong Hing appeared in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court this week and his bail was further extended to that time when he will return to enter his plea. The court also heard on Tuesday…
A new tentative date for the committal hearing on the murder case at Auki, Malaita Province has been fixed on Tuesday. This date will be confirmed by all the lawyers representing the accused persons and prosecutions on July 6. The previous tentative date for the long form preliminary inquiry on July 18 to July 29…
THE MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Temotu Vatud has come out boldly to clarify the proposed development at Vanikoro Island recently, which however went out of hand and resulted in an immense dispute. This came after this paper published an article earlier, stating that machines have been loaded on to a barge bound for the…
PACIFIC Islands News Association (PINA) president, Moses Stevens has encouraged national media associations to be empowered to give strong voice for PINA. Stevens stated this when he met with members of Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) at Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) last Friday before his departure to his home country in Vanuatu. He said…
Machines and equipment burnt, looted at Vanikoro THE dispute between villagers of Vanikoro Island in Temotu province and their Member of Parliament (MP) for Vatud Constituency has taken a severe twist, when machines destined for a growth centre at the Island was reportedly destroyed and burnt up, Sunday. Recently, villagers and chiefs from the Islands…