Walter Folotalu passes on:

Baegu Asifola and Lau Mbaelelea lost a great leader THE first Baegu Asifola electorate Member of Parliament (MP) Walter Folotalu has passed on, it was confirmed. Mr Folotalu who was voted by the people of Baegu Asifola as the first ever MP for the newly formed Baegu Asifola electorate after it was divided from Lau…

$5m youth centre set to commence

A $5million dollar project for the construction of a new Youth Centre Complex for the Western Province will commence once a tender process is carried out. The multi-millionaire project comes under the Provincial Constituency Development Fund (PCDF) with a budget allocation of 3 million dollar and another additional $2million support from the National Government. Speaking…

West Guadalcanal Constituency major road rehabilitation to commence soon

Work to rehabilitate existing road networks within the West Guadalcanal Constituency (WGC) is on schedule and soon to begin after supporting machineries for the roadwork were secured in December 2022. Constituency Development Officer (CDO) Chris Elvish Laubua said upgrading work will cover existing roads including Marasa to Mbambanakira road, Kusumba road and Naro to Lambi…

In court with Assumpta

Chinese nationals sentence, Feb 6 TWO Chinese nationals who assaulted a Bangladesh in April at Lungga, East of Honiara will be sentenced on February 6.  Jun Jie Ma and Yuang Ma had been found guilty after a trial of Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm. Their matter was listed for sentence yesterday but was adjourned as…

PEACE PROCESS UNDERWAY

Both parties find ways to resolve issue amicably POLICE said the recent killing in North Malaita should be resolved “anytime soon” as they had taken all the necessary steps needed to tackle the issue. The murder, said to be a payback killing took place more than a week ago. Reports said the killing had divided…