Petition to DCGA by Honiara-based Malaitans

Dear Editor –  Please allow me space to briefly comment on the above petition purportedly delivered to DCGA by Honiara-based Malaitans. At the outset, the one-page document appears frivolous and vexatious. It was written unfittingly and discourteously on a piece of paper (without letterhead), with no formal address, no salutation, and worst still not signed.…

MV Papa Mau

20 FRONTLINERS IN QUARANTINE

After clearing foreign vessel from Fiji THE vessel Papa Mau (pictured below) is making waves on two fronts in Solomon Islands – politically as well as on the much-feared COVID-19 pandemic. Registered in the Cook Islands as a General Cargo ship, Papa Mau’s secret entry into and departure out of Honiara the next day without…

SINU humbly requests 30% increase on scholarship

ACTING Vice Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Dr Jack Maebuta has humbly requested the Government to increase the scholarship awards for the local University to 30 percent. Dr Jack had humbly made the request during the official opening of the SINU, Faculty of Education and Humanities (FEH) complex, at Panatina campus, Wednesday.…

China to donate garbage trucks to HCC

JIANGMEN City, Guangdong Province of China, will donate three garbage trucks to the Honiara City Council, it was announced during a visit to the Honiara City Council earlier this month. China’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Li Ming met with Lord Mayor Eddie Siapu as the envoy continues his rounds of engagements in Honiara.…

EOD Inspector Clifford Tunuki.

EOD experts remove bomb in Malaita

THE Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) removed a 120mm Japanese projectile bomb at Bulogaly village, Ata’a district in North Malaita on 24 July 2021. Officer-in-charge (OIC) EOD Inspector Clifford Tunuki says, “EOD have responded to the report dispatched by the police communication centre from a complainant.  A team…

Daniel Suidani.

TAIWAN TO THE RESCUE?

Taipei to help cash out school fees for fifth and sixth formers in Malaita. SCHOOL fees for 5th and 6th formers on Malaita this year would be met by Taiwan, School Principals on Malaita announced this week. According to some students, the news was announced by School Principals during morning assemblies earlier this week. Students…