PROVINCIAL Member for Birao Ward in East Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, has called on responsible authorities to find a safe and secure place in Honiara for fibreglass boats from the province as well as the Central Islands, Isabel and Malaita provinces to berth. MPA Tahisihaka Andrew Dormans made the plea in light of the condition of…
A FORMER member of the Malaita Eagle’s Force (MEF) who spent 11 years behind bars and nine years on parole was yesterday pardoned by the Governor General, Sir David Vunagi. The pardon was announced by Sir David during the celebration of King Charles III’s 74th birthday anniversary in Honiara yesterday. Governor General Sir David said,…
TWO men accused of possessing a firearm at Burns Creek, East Honiara, between December last year and January this year will be entering their pleas to the allegations next week. Dudley Fasi and Joe Moffin are facing one count each for the Possession of a Firearm without a Firearm Licence. Their matter was mentioned in…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) officers, the Correctional Services of Solomon Islands (CSSI) and the Police Band mounted a colourful Parade at the official program in commemoration of His Majesty King Charles III official 74th Birthday at the Lawson Tama. Solomon Islands today celebrated the first King’s Birthday. There were five parade groups which…
CHAIRMAN of the Aoke/langalanga Constituency Development Committee Matthew Walekoro has rebuffed the recent statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development against the MP for Aokelangalanga. Mr Walekoro said PS MID Stephen Maesiola’s statement was misleading, defamatory and disrespectful. Mr Walekoro said it is obvious that the PS has bowed down to…
PM Sogavare explains SIG’s stance for rejecting the Republic of Korea- Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Summit Declaration and that is it holds no interest in geopolitics SOLOMON Islands will not participate in geopolitics in its foreign relations engagements. Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, made this explicitly clear in reference to the position he had taken on…
A MAJOR Australian company involved in the recruitment of Solomon Islanders under the Australia Pacific Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme has raised concerns over the chewing of betelnut by workers under its establishments. This concern was conveyed to officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) by a team from JBS Primo who…
SUBSISTENCE farmers along Kwaifa River in Ward Three of Malaita Province are seeing a widespread destruction of their sweet potato crop by some rare insects. One of the farmers, Michael Wale said he discovered a rare occurrence in his food garden last week and that was the leaves of his two-month-old mounds of sweet potato…
THE Malaita Province Ward 29 Development Committee in Central Kwara’ae Constituency has delivered small projects to communities as part of its mandate to deliver services to the people in the ward. A total of 6 local communities in the ward have reportedly received support last week from the Ward 29 Grant under 2023 Budget. The…
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Lau-Mbaelelea Constituency in Malaita Province, Augustine Auga and his one-year rival, Ambrose Dolofera, have ironed out their differences in a traditional reconciliation ceremony at the former’s residence at Panatina Valley. The reconciliation was held in Honiara on Wednesday. The reconciliation ceremony also saw Auga reconcile his differences with a…