A NEWLY established youth group at the Borderline and Kobito area, east Honiara, will be meeting the Community Policing team for the first time this Sunday. The Borderline and Kobito area has been known for its social disorder, with one particular criminal activity resulted in the burning down of the police post in the area.…
FUNDRAISING by Rotary Club of Honiara to send babies and young children for life saving surgeries in Australia and New Zealand through their ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children) program was boosted with an over $28,000.00 donation. This was made by Harry Stewart, who won a fundraising drive organised by the Honiara Golf Club…
RESEARCHERS from The Australian National University (ANU) have shed new light on how copper deposits form, in findings that could lead to new discoveries. The latest findings could help explorers in their search for new sources of copper and help make mines safer by identifying areas where sulfate salts form and weaken rocks. The research…
As Indonesia’s Foreign Affairs minister arrives in Honiara today, West Papua’s representative to the United Nations and former political prisoner, HERMAN WAINGGAI, provides the background to Indonesia’s occupation of his beloved country: NEW Guinea, the world’s second largest island, sits on the Pacific Rim, a few degrees south of the equator and approximately 150km north…
CENTRAL Bank governor Denton Rarawa was amongst Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Governors of Central Bank intensive consultations held in Port Vila, Vanuatu, yesterday. Vanuatu’s Minister of Finance and Economic Management Maki Simelum officially opened the meeting. The one-day high level consultations was attended by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Barry Whiteside; Governor…
THE claim made by Dicter Maitaki in the Island Sun issue 1911 of Friday 20 February that Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) has overwhelming support from the true land owners of Rennell is a bluff. Further, the list of so-called true land owners that Maitaki claimed to represent the landowners of Ward 4, Ward 5…
THE new Minister of Mines and Energy Samson Maneka was pleased with the SMM Solomon Ltd, the local subsidiary of Japanese mining conglomerate Summitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd with its mining plans and community engagements. He expressed his satisfaction following a one day official visit to SMMS Cockatoo Camp, Isabel Province, on Wednesday. During the…
OUR Telekom has announced the completion of the migration of all International voice services to their Huawei fixed Next Generation Network (NGN) platform. “From the cutover at midnight Tuesday 24th February 2015, all Our Telekom international voice circuits for mobile and fixed networks are now carried on voice over IP (VoIP) using Session Initiation Protocol…
A CONSERVATION foundation in England, Rufford Foundation, has provided funding support for the conservation of Hawksbill Turtle on Malaulalo Island, Three Sisters, in Makira Ulawa Province. A total of nearly 5,000 pounds was made available to the Malaulalo Conservation & Tourism Association towards the end of last year to support this conservation initiative in the…
INDONESIAN Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi will visit three Pacific countries, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Fiji, with the mission to strengthen relations between Indonesia and the Pacific nations. Minister Marsudi will visit Papua New Guinea on Feb. 26-28, Solomon Island on Feb. 28, and Fiji on March 1. Indonesia is keen to strengthen…