G Province may sue builder

GUADALCANAL provincial executive has threatened to take legal action against MS Finay Building Construction Firm to resolve a pending dispute over disparities in bill charges for the construction work at its headquarters at Kukum, east Honiara. The dispute over the bill charge and none payment by the Guadalcanal Provincial Government saw a halt to the…

PM urged to occupy Red House

THE Parliamentary Opposition Group has called on the Prime Minister to move to the official residence of the Prime Minister better known as the Red House at Vavaea Ridge overlooking Central Honiara. In a press statement, Thursday, the Opposition group said the Prime Minister must do so now by moving out from his private government…

Proactive policing at its best

THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in their active campaign to curb crime has employed a proactive policing program. RSIPF is training young people with music lessons at the Saint Albans Parish at Tandai, West Honiara. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast said this is one of the on-going programs as part of the RSIPF crime…

Japan, FFA agree on fisheries deal

JAPAN and members of the Forum Fisheries Agency have agreed to sustain targeted cooperation in the fisheries sector within the Pacific Islands region. Senior Fisheries officials from Tuvalu and Kiribati together with Director General James Movick and senior officers of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) met this week in Honiara with a high-level team from…

Fiji TV Group records profit

SUVA, (FIJI TIMES) – A television group recorded unaudited revenue of $5.1million (US$2.3 million) for the first six months of its 2016 financial year. This is 29 per cent increase for Fiji Television Group Ltd with its first six months ending this month compared with the same period last year. Fiji TV also recorded a…

Gela MP takes delivery of 11 canoes

MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Ngella constituency and Minister of Culture and Tourism, Bartholomew Parapolo has taken delivery of 11 new fiberglass canoes for his constituency. Mr Parapolo took delivery of the fiberglass canoes from RM Engineering and Fiberglass firm which manufactured the products. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) under Rural Development Department under…

Hospital theatre work queried

Doctors not impressed with renovation DOCTORS working at the operating theatres at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) are not impressed with the quality of repair work done so far. Two of the three theatres have been closed since December last year due to their debilitating states. The situation was kept under wraps until more than…