Premier Maka’a faces motion

The Speaker of the Makira Ulawa Provincial Assembly, Peter Baewai says he has allowed a motion of no-confidence against the Provincial Premier Julian Maka’a, to be moved in the full assembly meeting in March. He said the Provincial Assembly Member for Ward 5 in Arosi 2 of West Makira, Jackson Sunaone will move the no-confidence…

BOY SURVIVES BURNING BOMB 

11yr old survives world war II 81mm mortar bomb AN eleven-year-old boy of Kiribati descent is lucky to be alive after suffering from severe burns to both hands when he was allegedly playing with a World War II 81mm mortar bomb, which had been exposed due to the bad weather. The incident happened at the…

SUFFERING IN SILENCE

NRH patients with diabetic condition ‘ignored’ by government Patients with diabetes and other lifestyle diseases say they are suffering in silence at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) because the government has turned its attention away to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, up to six people, including younger ones, die every day from lifestyle diseases,…

Former MP dies

FORMER Member of Parliament (MP) for South Choiseul Constituency, Elijah Doro Muala has passed on Tuesday this week, following a long illness, it was reported. Late Elijah Doro Muala was born on January 20, 1960, in Sasamugga Village, Choiseul. His career in national politics began when he was elected to the Parliament of Solomon Islands as a…

MBIKE SHOOTING 

Investigations into Mbike shooting is still active   POLICE Chief Mostyn Mangau says the investigation into the 2014 shooting at Mbike Island, Gela in Central Province just a few hours before the election of the prime minister in 2014 is still continuing. Mangau said this when asked if the investigation into this matter is still…