The words of wisdom from the drafter of the Independence Order 1978, which turned this nation into a unified Solomon Islands with decentralized provincial governance powers in a master-servant relationship of shared rule, still linger in my ears to this day. The learned professor from Kenya who was also instrumental in brokering the independence package…
Dear Editor – Over the past many days Honiara has witnessed a mob burning buildings with youth stealing cargoes from them before they were devoured in flames. This destruction of businesses, some owned by Solomon Islanders and most employing Solomon Islanders, has shown what unskilled, uneducated and unemployed youth are capable of doing under the…
Thank you again for your response for assistance for the sake of peace and normalcy in Solomon Islands. After two days and two nights of destruction and looting of offices and Asian business men by disgruntled demonstrators and criminal elements still in Honiara who have been living in a poverty ridden society since year 2000.…
Dear Editor – It is heartbreaking to see images of a repeat of early 2000. I was in Honiara with my family at the time and witnessed the trauma the children and women went through during the hostilities between Guadalcanal and Malaita. I praise God for the 30 years I had there, witnessing the early…
Dear Editor – I wish to give my apologies to the people of Choiseul regarding my Facebook post. The post came up after I received a post on Facebook swearing to us, the people of Malaita. However, I forgive whoever did that swearing to us Malaitans and I too apologize to the Choiseul people for…
The Public Service has resumed duties on Tuesday following a joint review by the Public Service Ministry in consultation with the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the “Stay-at-Home” notice on Monday. Most public officers in the non-essential services are expected to fully resume duties following the review, a statement issued by Government…
Mayor of Honiara City Eddie Siapu has thanked business houses, NGOs, community and youth groups for responding to the call for major voluntary clean in the city. In a statement issued by HCC Media Unit he said, as the Head of Honiara City Council Governance, he is profoundly grateful for the overwhelming turn out. “I…
SIFF, Dec 1, Honiara – A new national football competition called the President’s Cup will be staged for the first time in early February 2022 featuring the top three clubs of the Telekom S-League namely Central Coast FC, Solomon Warriors and Waneagu United with the two 2020 Solomon Cup finalists Western Tomoko and Malaita Eagles.…
SOLOMON Airlines has confirmed the national carrier’s domestic flight schedule has recommenced regular domestic operations as of yesterday. Solomon Airlines CEO Brett Gebers has confirmed this in a statement on Monday. “We have carefully evaluated the situation and the current environment and now that it is safe to operate, we can confirm we are back…
MAKING sure the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific remain sustainable is one of the driving aims of Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members heading into WCPFC18 this week. “As FFA members have continued to highlight throughout this year, Pacific Island people are dependent on the tuna fishery, therefore management action to…