GREEN LIGHT

PACIFIC NICKEL MINES (SI) LTD SCORES THE BIG ONE PACIFIC Nickel Mines (SI) Ltd – the Australian mining company developing the world-class nickel deposit on Isabel – has scored the big one by obtaining the business licence for the multi-million-dollar project from the Isabel Provincial Government. The Company’s Solomon Islands’-based Director, Pawel Misiec, revealed this after…

UNDER SCRUTINY

The local shareholder in GRML has been demanded to provide annual and operational reports on the mining operation as well as an explanation on the shareholding arrangement for landowners as the 90 percent Chinese-owned company prepares for its first gold export MEMBER of Parliament for Central Guadalcanal where Gold Ridge mine is located, Peter Shanel…

ACOM RE-OPENS TARONIARA SHIPYARD

THE Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) has reopened its shipyard at Taroniara, Central Islands Province (CIP), after two years of maintenance and refurbishment. A statement from ACOM said Taroniara Shipyard reopened on Friday last week after a reopening ceremony attended by representatives from ACOM Provincial Headquarters, Diocese of Central Solomons officers led by Right Reverend…

SOGAVARE THRILLED TO SEE GOLD RIDGE MINE REOPENING

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has commended the reopening of the Gold Ridge Mine in Central Guadalcanal on Tuesday, saying the mine is vital for the country’s economic recovery. Speaking at the ceremony amidst hundreds of dignitaries including senior Government Ministers and Officials, Company representatives and tribal landowning group representatives at the mine site, Sogavare expressed…

A New SIMS Centre to enhance Early Warnings System in Solomon Islands

A ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services (SIMS) Forecasting Unit building was held by the UN Development Programme, in partnership with the Australian Government and the Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) and Tropic Group Builders (TGB).  The new SIMS building is a 2…

Rape case dismissed

The High Court on Friday dismissed and discharged a man accused of raping a girl age between 13-15 after his case was delayed for over 11 years. Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer in his judgement described the case as excessive and inordinate delay in the prosecution of this matter. He said the defence counsel is…