THE owner of the sunken ship, MV J. HARMS, has been caught red-handed by the responsible authorities for environmental pollution in the Noro Lagoon. Maritime Authority Solomon Islands (SIMA) and the Ministry of Environment Climate Change and Disaster Management have sent officers to assess the sunken ship. The team, which comprised two officers from SIMA…
Officers of the National Traffic Department (NTD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have completed a one-week training conducted by the China Police Liaison Team (CPLT) from January 9 to January 13. Supervising Director National Traffic Department Senior Sergeant Loginor Waiparo said, “I would like to express my deep gratitude to CPLT and…
THE people of Baegu-Asifola and Lau-Mbaelelea are now free to travel the North Road following the removal of the roadblock in Loina village, North Malaita. For the past three weeks, people of the two constituencies were denied access to the provincial capital, Auki, following the death of late Aba from Loina whose body was found…
CHINA Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) – the general contractor for the China-funded 2023 Pacific Games Stadium Project – has shared some of its resources with communities around the Henderson area in east Honiara. The company announced this week it had just completed the rehabilitation and improvement of an interior road around the Henderson area.…
A 20-year-old boy from Isabel Province was stabbed in a public bus along the Mbokonavera-Skyline Road on his way back home from the market on Thursday evening. This was revealed by a medical doctor from Isabel Province, Dr Pedical Togamana, who called on all the Isabel youths to take extra precautionary measures when going out…
[January 19, 2023, Heritage Park Hotel, Honiara] Hon. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Madam Sogavare,Hon. Speaker of the National Parliament Patteson Oti,Hon. Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga,Hon. Opposition Leader Matthew Wale,Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Jeremiah Manele,Hon. Ministers of the Crown,Hon. Members of Parliament,Senior Government officials,Distinguished guests,Members of the Chinese communities, Chinese…
A PASSENGER who boarded MV Marina 2 from the Western Province to Honiara last week says she was shocked to see how passengers were treated during the trip. The passenger who wished not to be named said she wanted to bring this issue out to the public for others who could not speak out. “I…
MISS Solomon Islands, Tiare Haro, visited the camp of the Fiji Contingent of the Solomons International Assistance Force to be given a general overview of the roles and responsibilities of the contingent as part of the regional assistance force. SIAF was deployed to Honiara following the November 2021 Riot. It comprises contingents from Australia and…
China-SI bilateral relations a role model for other Pacific Island countries CHINA-Solomon Islands bilateral relations has become a role model of relations between China and Pacific Island Countries, a Chinese New Year gathering in Honiara, was told last night. In his address to the invited guests only Year of the Rabbit Spring Festival (the Chinese…
FOUR men accused of separate sexual offences and rape in Isabel Province have been remanded in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court this morning. The men aged 38, 46, 60 and 69 years old are facing charges of indecent assault and rape. They were brought in from Isabel yesterday and appear at the Honiara Magistrate’s Court this…