“The current international-class seaports in Sorong and Jayapura, Papua, can be a more lucrative entry point for MSG countries to access the dynamic half-billion Southeast Asia market”. This was stated by Ambassador Desra Percaya, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia at the MSG Summit in Honiara, on Thursday. He said, Indonesia and the…
HONIARA city council (HCC) has been criticized for failing to collect refuse rubbish from a number of suburban residential areas within the city posing the threat of disease outbreak among residence. Complaints about the bad smelly stench from piles of uncollected refuse have blamed the Honiara City Council responsible authorities for failing to carry out…
THE weeklong Farm Mechanization Training (FMT) that aims to equip local farmers with knowledge and skills on production of manual rice milling machine, solar grain drier and peanut shelling machine will conclude today. The FMT is being held at the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) farm near King George, East Honiara with about 13 participants from…
Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Sogavare has called on the Leader of Independent to proceed on in submitting the evidence he claims to have in his possession on the Prime Minister’s involvement in the events leading up to the 5th June 2000 coup to the police for investigation. The Prime Minister said only by submitting the…
Prosecution has been ordered to advise court on the outcome of police investigation regarding a murder weapon on July 20. This was after prosecution informed the court that police are yet to locate the weapon allegedly used on July 20, in relation to the murder charge against Joel Abia. Principal Magistrate Augustine Aulanga said the…
Prosecution has completed its case in relation to the trial on the case of the Member Parliament for East Guadalcanal Bradley Tovosia and Guadalcanal Premier Anthony Veke. The matter was then adjourned to Wednesday next week so that the audio recording of some of the witnesses will be sent to the high court to be…
The police officer who took two state vehicles without authority has been fined $1, 500 on Wednesday at the Honiara Magistrates Court. David Hermis was found guilty after a trial for taking two state vehicles without the authority of the person who looked after the vehicles on 26, September 2015. The vehicles were the Crown…
The Youth@Work Non Communicable Disease (NCD) Warriors have started visiting communities in and around Honiara to raise awareness on the effects of NCDs. In an effort to reduce the increasing number of cases in the country, the group covered a number of places including Tanagai area and White River Clinic, Rove Clinic, Independence Valley at…
HUNDREDS of West Papua advocators in Solomon Islands and the region have gathered at the SMI compound in West Honiara to show their support for West Papua as a bid for full membership is mounting at the Melanesian Spearhead group meeting this week. Organised by the Solomon Islands Solidarity Movement for Free West Papua and…
A man accused of abducting a girl and raping her at West Guadalcanal will plea to the allegation on July 20 when he appears again in the Honiara Magistrates Court. A committal hearing will be also conducted on that day. The accused who cannot be named to protect the identity of the young teenage girl…