Police welcome community support for surrendering stolen property from riots

Police have today welcomed the community support for the continued voluntary surrender of stolen property from the Honiara riots. This follows significant amounts of stolen property surrendered or seized under warrant in greater Honiara over the past week. Commissioner Mr Mostyn Mangau described recent police operations as an excellent example of cooperation and trust between…

MMERE develops energy roadmap

The National Government through the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) is currently developing a National Energy Strategy (NES) to map out available renewable energy sources across the country. Permanent Secretary Dr. Chris Vehe announced this during the handing over of the Beulah Provincial Secondary School Micro Hydropower project on Friday 3 December,…

Hou: Divert NDF to PCDF

MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Small Malaita has proposed that the controversial National Development Fund (NDF) be pumped into the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) as of next year to help develop the rural communities. Speaking yesterday on the floor of Parliament Rick Hou in his contribution to the Sine Die Motion said; “I proposed…

Malaita to cancel shipping licenses

SHIPS that recently called off their services to Malaita Province will have their business licenses canceled for failing to provide reliable shipping services to the people of Malaita. For the past three weeks, traveling passengers between Honiara and Auki have experienced difficulties due to the fact that some ships called off their services. Shipping services…