MUP Assembly to meet, March 23

The first full meeting of the Makira Ulawa Provincial Assembly in 2021 will be held on March 23 in Kira Kira, the Provincial Capital. The first tentative date for the full meeting was March 17, which could have collided with the arrivals in Kira Kira of Anglicans of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to take part…

MV Taimareho investigation progressing

  POLICE investigation into the fatal ferry accident last April is progressing well and they are working with stakeholders on possible charges to lay against those involved, Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says. Mangau made the assurance, last Thursday following an article on the media made by a parent of one of those people who died…

HCC LAND PROBE

Mayor welcomes investigation into the transfer of HCC’s Ranadi land   THE Honiara City Council Lord Mayor Wilson Mamae said that investigation is now carried out into the sale of Council Land at Ranadi. While the investigation is now fully carried out, Mamae said he welcomes any other investigation on the matter of transfer of…

MPG thanks Aust Government for support 

THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has thanked the Australian Government for funding support towards the UN Women Market for Change program, of which Auki Central Market is a beneficiary. Speaking during the official opening of the Fencing and Fish Market Slabbing project in Auki, Deputy Premier Randol Sifoni thanked the Australian Government for the funding…

Local artist wins award

  A LOCAL artist, Lloyd Newton, has been awarded a prestigious DEEP Fund award to undertake Our Ocean, Our Identity, a seven-month project that is being co-led by Newton in Solomon Islands, Alvaro Sumaki Kuautonga in Vanuatu and Pax Jakupa in Papua New Guinea. Each artist is holding workshops with women to explore emotional bonds…

OPMC: Djokovic is still Chief of Staff

RESIGNED OUR Party Interim President and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s nephew, Robson Djokovic still remains the Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (OPMC), the office has revealed. This was despite the recent High Court decision concerning the citizenship status of Mr. Djokovic. A government statement on Thursday said the…