Police receive medical report, no arrest as yet By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN POLICE have now received the pathologist’s report of the young woman who was found dead inside a room at the Auki Travelers Lodge on Christmas Eve. However, Police Commissioner Matthew Varley last Friday said no arrest has been made at this stage. But…
THE Foreign Office Minister from British Mark Field says the United Kingdom is fully committed to working closely to develop Solomon Islands. Mark Field, FCO Minister is looking after the Asia and the Pacific. “This is my first time to come to this part of the world and I am happy with this trip,” Mr…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce & Trade Solomon Islands (ICCTSI) Charles Dausabea reiterates call to exclude foreigners from board membership. He reiterated on this by claiming that foreigner or naturalised citizens who took up membership in the decision making board must be removed to avoid foreign agendas ushered in to…
Controversial site may soon form part of Children’s Park By CHARLEY PIRINGI A PLOT of land located between the RAMSI Memorial Park and the Children’s Park at Rove that is currently at the centre of public debate is likely to become part of the children’s park soon. Initially allocated to senior citizen Leslie Teama, the…
The Management of Auki Market in Malaita have finally put a stop to black-market activities that have been going on within the market premises over the past years. Last week, security officers at the market stopped vendors who attempted to purchase out-right produces from farmers arriving at the market. Their intention was to buy off…
The Solomon Islands Melanesian Arts Festival National Organizing Committee (MAFNOC) has resumed its pre-festival planning process for 2018 this week. Solomon Islands will host the 6th Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival (MACFest) from July 1 to 10 this year on the theme “Past Recollections; Future Connections.” The event is programmed to coincide with the country’s…
Grade four and five students of Aruligo Seventh Day Adventist primary school in North West Guadalcanal will move into their new classrooms as of Monday after taking ownership of their six unit classrooms building on Thursday. The classroom project is funded by the Government of Japan under the grant assistance for grassroots human security projects…
The Police Response Team(PRT) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is currently conducting an operation in the community of Boneghi in North West Guadalcanal after the alleged sighting of a crocodile in the area. It was alleged a saltwater crocodile was sighted at Boneghi Two Beach which is a popular swimming location for…
UNIVERSITY of the South Pacific (USP) doctoral student Dickson Boboria has stood by his research findings that cyanide was found in sediments downstream of the Gold Ridge mine in central Guadalcanal. And he stated that there is no time to argue, but to deal with the issue. “Let me say this. What I told the…
TENANTS currently occupying the Auki plaza are demanding the Malaita provincial government to settle their repatriation package of $5000 before they vacate the building. This comes after they received a matching-order from Malaita provincial government to vacant the Auki Plaza to allow the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) to take over the building and…