HCC’S BIG CAR BUY By IAN M. KAUKUI A COMPANY owned by local Chinese businessman and appointed city councillor John Szetu supplied seven vehicles worth more than $1.9 million to the Honiara City Council. This is despite the council’s 2020 budget allocated only $180,000 for vehicle purchases. The seven vehicles include five hiluxes and two…
As a result of the current State of Public Emergency, the Government through a Cabinet decision this week has approved the cancellation of public commemoration of two national events – the Queen’s Birthday celebration and the Independence Day celebration. This means that Friday the 12th of June and Tuesday 7th July will still be observed…
THIS is the popular view many leaders and educated citizens of Makira Ulawa Province hold. Provincial Premier Julian Maka’a says regular news from Makira Ulawa Province is good because people are informed about what goes on, be they in agriculture, fisheries, tourism, economics, political governance and leadership, health, and education and so on. Maka’a, a…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Tulagi in Central Province together with other stakeholders in that Province have launched the Belaga Community COVID-19 by-law on 30 May 2020. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Central Province Inspector Hugo Maelasi explains: “The Belaga by-law was launched after the community setup their COVID-19 committee…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki, Malaita Province have arrested 14 drivers for committing traffic offenses during a two-day traffic operation in the town on 5 and 6 June 2020. Among the 14 drivers, two suspects were arrested for drink and drive after they had gone through Random Breath Testing…
THE Makira Ulawa Provincial Government has decided to temporarily suspend Felling and Logging Export Licenses for five logging companies because they have been operating illegally in the province. A list given to the Commissioner of Forests and Research, Reeves Moveni of the Ministry of Forests and Research in Honiara by the province’s Senior Investment Officer…
Solomon Islands Foreign Minister, Hon Jeremiah Manele, Calls for Unity of the Country in response to Malaita Provincial Premier’s Statement that challenges Solomon Islands recognition of the “One China Policy”. Minister Manele condemns the statement issued by Premier Daniel Suidani yesterday when the Premier made reference to the Republic of China (ROC) as a state…
TITIANA evacuation centre and community hall were officially handed over to the people of Titiana by the First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan Yoko Asano, Tuesday. Accompanied by the Grassroot Project Coordinator of the Embassy of Japan, Ms Hiro Takegami (GPC), the ceremony was witnessed by Titiana village community leaders, educators and community members.…
A two-month-old female infant is fighting for her life after she was thrown three feet down from a veranda to the ground following a heated argument between a husband and wife in Malaita. Reports reaching this paper said the incident has shocked the community where the incident occurred. Following the incident, the father was arrested by…
Sogavare launches DBSI By ANDREW FANASIA WHILST so much skepticism was echoed in the media leading up to the formation of the bank, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had officially launched the Development Bank of Solomon Islands (DBSI). “My fellow Solomon Islanders, this is your bank,” Sogavare uttered during his official remarks, Monday. Rural communities now…