More plastics to be added to ban list, says Samoa Environment Chief

APIA, (SAMOA OBSERVER) — The Samoa Government will add more plastic items to the national ban that is currently in place on single-use plastic, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment(MNRE)CEO has revealed. Lealaisalanoa Frances Reupena-Brown told the Samoa Observer the country joined the global fight against plastic pollution when it introduced the Waste (Plastic…

Corona

You came and let us bury our loved ones You were never welcomed you forced your way in You gone with the rest of them underground You made the globe realized that not only war Not only the nuclear arms that does the global murder A tiny minute non-living matter destroyed humanity We thought we…

Solomons in for semi-finals

Vanuatu and Cook Is. out SOLOMON Islands has received an early decision that they have secured a spot for the semi-final playoffs of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ OFC preliminary competition in Qatar. This followed the untimely omissions of two teams in group A, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands. These two teams had to…

Police refute Atu’s claims

COMMISSIONER of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Mostyn Mangau has refuted claims by Malaita for Democracy president Knoxly Atu that police are taking directives from the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA). In a statement today (21st March) Mr Mangau said the RSIPF is an independent organisation and is not taking directives from…

Vokia’s case in court today

FIVE people including the Member of Parliament for North East Guadalcanal Constituency Ethel Vokia and her husband Jaime Vokia will appear in the Magistrates Court today in what is believed to be the first ever election-related bribery allegations. The others are the Guadalcanal Provincial Assembly MPA, Rose Tala, Beason and Polycarp. According to the charges,…