TSI urged to challenge new CDF Bill in court TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) has been urged to challenge the unconstitutionality of the new Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Bill 2023 if they want the Bill withdrawn. PERMANENT Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) issued the stern advise last Friday in response to TSI…
IN an exhilarating, splendid and hypnotic first ever Miss Western Province Queen Show staged at the Pacific Crown Hotel in Honiara last Thursday night, Miss North New Georgia Salote Dentana was crowned by Miss Solomon Islands Tiare Haro as Miss Western Province. A total of nine candidates contested for the title that night in front…
Businessman wins 7 cases, but is troubled by police inaction BUSINESSMAN Suresh Chandana is all smiles and for good reason. After fronting the judicial bench for almost two years on false allegations, he won all seven court cases, two in the High Court and five in the Magistrates. But the foreign investor is troubled by…
MALAITA Province Premier Martin Fini has joined Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga in congratulating the new Chinese Ambassador to Solomon Islands His Excellency Cai Weiming on taking up his new ambassadorial posting. Ambassador Cai arrived in the country on Monday. He replaces the first PRC Ambassador to Solomon Islands Li…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Honiara City have arrested seven suspects during a kwaso (homebrew) raid at Tuvaruvu and Burns Creek on 13 December 2023. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Jimson Robo says, “The suspects were charged for restriction on making liquor contrary to section 50 (2)…
A YOUNG lawyer and activist Ellington Kabui, from People with Disability Solomon Islands, joined the British High Commissioner for a Day programme to advocate for People with Disabilities in Solomon Islands. Ellington found this a great experience stating “It was my first time to be High Commissioner for a Day and a lifetime opportunity for…
THE Burnscreek Community Clinic in East Honiara is now equipped with two defibrillators. The two brand-new defibrillators gifted by the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) and the Oceania National Olympic Community were handed over to the medical officer in charge of the clinic Dr Mahlon Vae by NOCSI’s Dr Jack Puti and ONOC’s…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale says the electoral reforms in this country have failed to address the corruption by cross-border voters. He said the cross border issue is a very serious threat to the integrity of our electoral process and the quality of the representation it seeks to procure. Speaking in Parliament on the…
Prime Minister Honorable Manasseh Sogavare MP has received a courtesy call from a delegation of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The delegation is led by honorable Duan Chunhua who is both a member of the standing committee of the NPC and the vice chairman of the Agriculture and…
WP eyes future through the reforestation lens as revenue generation from the forestry sector dwindles due to the vast depletion of its virgin forests WESTERN Province Premier Billy Veo has called for a strategic shift in the region’s economic landscape from the forestry sector to reforestation, given the dwindling revenue generated from the latter. During…