Police say the security situation at Gold Ridge mine site in central Guadalcanal is now stable. That’s according to Acting Assistant Commissioner National Capital, Gabriel Manelusi. The law and order problem at the site since last week has forced St. Barbara, owner and operator of the mine, to evacuate its expatriate workers. The workers have…
High Court judge Justice Stephen Pallaras QC yesterday gave an awareness talk to members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Burns Creek, east Honiara. The church invited Justice Pallaras QC to ask about issues of violence and of family problems. It was also his first time to attend such program out in the community.…
Police and Immigration are urged to return four motor bikes an Australian businessman donated to them, Friday. Patrick Jumeau, Director of FLN Business Solution in Honiara, made the call yesterday after he learned the donation came from an Australian. “This donation raises a lot of questions on ethics,” Jumeau said. “In my view, and to…
An Australian businessman has donated four motor bikes to the Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP), Immigration Division, and the Honiara City Council law enforcement unit. The donation came as part of a business partnership between Ian Watts and local businessman David Iro, who owns Willies Electrical and Solar Power. Of the four bikes, one will…
Chairman of the Kolobisi Tailing Dam Association (KTDA) has called on the police to prioritise the Tailing Storage Facility at Gold Ridge mine site. Primo Amusae made the call during a meeting with the police, Friday. NelaMosese, Deputy Police Commissioner Operations and his senior executives met with Gold Ridge Chiefs and landowners Association. The meeting…
A legal analysis commissioned by the Mineral Policy Institute says Bougainville’s new Mining Law fails to protect the rights of local people. The law is also in breach of Bougainville’s own Constitution and is inconsistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, reports PNG Minewatch. The opinion finds the rights given…
East Malaita MP Manasseh Maelanga says infrastructure development is currently his number one priority. He outlined this during a meeting in his constituency last weekend. Maelanga, who is also deputy prime minister, cited good road network as a priority infrastructure. “This is because no developments can work without good roads,” he said. “For so long…
The measles outbreak is getting worse, a local doctor has warned. In Honiara and Guadalcanal, cases have risen beyond 200 cases. Dr Pedical Togamae of the National Referral Hospital, Friday, posted a warning on Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) facebook page to remind the public of the severity of the outbreak. He reminded the public…
Honiara businessman David Iro says he has acquired a water filtration machine which he hopes to use to supply safe and clean drinking water to residents of Lungga, east Honiara. Iro, whose business was headquartered at Lungga, said he had tried his new machine to filter water from the nearby Lungga river and had proven…
Our Telekom’s manager in Malaita has supported calls for landowners in the province to open up their land for development. And Mike Selega says what deputy prime minister Manasseh Maelanga uttered at Malu’u during the province’s second appointed day celebration recently was true. Maelanga told landowners in Malaita then they have to blame themselves for…