A PUBLIC officer has called on the Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIPF) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) to investigate the ongoing illegal harvesting of beche-de-mer at Luaniua and Pelau in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI). Danny Sale said the illegal harvesting of bech-de-mer is a serious crime and failure to investigate…
RULING on an application the prosecution made to re-open their case in the trial of a man accused of stealing a laptop and mobile phones worth more than $11,000 will be handed down possibly this Friday. The prosecution made the application in order to call some more witnesses based on fresh evidences the accused, Martin…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele is in Busan, South Korea to attend the 5th Korea – Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers Meeting. This is the 5th Meeting between the Republic of Korea and Pacific Island Forum countries. The first meeting was held in Seoul in 2011. This will be the…
THE National Government has set aside its differences with the Malaita Provincial Government by signing with the provincial government to allow work on Suafa Economic Growth Centre to proceed. The signing and ground breaking ceremony was conducted between the National Government, Malaita Provincial Government and Kwanai Trust Board when Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his…
AN opportunities list containing108 courses under the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) fully-funded scholarships for 2023 are now up for grabs. Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) through the National Scholarship Division (NSD) at SITESA released the list of opportunities allowing locals to apply. It is unclear how many scholarship awards will be offered…
TULAGI police have safely transported 15 international war veteran tourists and two local tour guides to Honiara on Monday. These tourists and tour guides plus two local boat crews survived a boat-capsized incident off Sole Village at Big Ngella in the Central Islands Province on Sunday night. According to a police report, 19 individuals in…
‘MV Pelican 96’ will launch its trip again this week after being salvaged from Logha reef in Western Province. The boat is now fully repaired and confident to launch its second trip in Western Province. The newly acquired fast craft will operate its maiden trip for the second time to only five destinations in Western…
The country is delighted to welcome back international cruising since the government’s decision to drop PCR testing on arrival into the country. Last week the French-flagged M/V Le Soleal which carries 144 passengers and 146 crew visited Gizo, Fanalei Island in Malaita and Roderick Bay in the Sandfly Passage where the ship’s contingent was welcomed…
UNITED Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted a round-table discussion recently to frame a Memorandum of Understanding to fight corruption within the country. A statement from UNDP said the discussion was held with SIICAC, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), the Director of Public Prosecutions, Internal Audit, and the Solomon Islands Financial Intelligence Unit. It…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Service (MHMS) is encouraging people to complete their COVID-19 doses to protect them from future outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. It also encourages people to get their booster doses before travelling out to other countries because they still want fully vaccinated travellers to enter their country. The MHMS…