MINING FURORE

The Signing of a Surface Access Agreement between an overseas mining group and 20 tribes in East Malaita for mineral prospecting stirs environmental concerns AN overseas group, Asia Mining Company, has signed a Surface Access Agreement with over 20 tribes in East Malaita to carry out mineral prospecting, sparking concerns about large-scale environmental woes in…

MURDER MOTIVE IDENTIFIED

THE lifeless body of a young lad discovered beneath the Fiu Bridge near Auki in Malaita Province on Tuesday morning this week was the result of an act of murder. The key suspect in the murder is a male juvenile who has just completed his Form Three education this year. Information reaching this paper stated…

Students are future of the country

STUDENTS now are the future of the country. In her speech at the Honiara Senior High School’s graduation ceremony yesterday, the Minister for Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD), Lanelle Tanangda, highlighted that the graduands are the future of this nation. “Graduands you may not fully appreciate this but you are the future of our…

New Caledonia President of Congress visits Prime Minister Sogavare

Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare today had an audience with a delegation from the Congress of New Caledonia led by Congress President, Hon. Roch Wamytan. Prime Minister Sogavare thanked Hon. Wamytan for the request to meet and warmly welcome him to Solomon Islands. Discussions centred around FLNKS (pro-independence group) political struggle for New Caledonia’s decolonisation…