SOLOMON Water on Monday held a meeting with its stakeholders in Auki, Malaita Province, to update them of the latest in the Auki Water Supply upgrade project. The meeting allows the opportunity for stakeholders to learn more about the upgrade project which includes 1km pipeline replacement. The meeting also permits time for Solomon Water to hear…
SOLOMON Islands tourism sector will be certainly hit hard if the coronavirus (2019-nCov) crisis continues. “It will cause unprecedented damage to tourism businesses,” says Tourism Solomon Islands Chief Executive Officer Josefa Tuamoto. Speaking to this paper, Mr. Tuamoto said for the Solomon Islands the situation is very fluid at the moment. When asked if they…
OUR students studying in the Philippines are urgently calling on the National Government to evacuate them from the country as the number of Coronavirus cases increases in the Philippines. President of the Solomon Islands students studying in Philippines Arthur Mola made the call yesterday after learning that some confirmed cases were now detected close to…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police force (RSIPF) at the Kirakira Police Station in the Makira Ulawa Province have arrested a 29-year- old husband for allegedly causing grievous harm to his wife’s private part with a pair of scissors at Herenigau Village, West Makira on 2 March 2020. It is alleged that the husband…
OWNERS and management of hotels, restaurants, and eateries in Honiara are called upon to train their security guards to be sensitive to different groups of people especially Solomon Islands women and men who visit their establishments to meet or eat. The call comes from the Women’s Rights Action Movement or WRAM which had been approached…
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020 was successfully celebrated in Honiara at the HCC area, Monday. It originally falls on Sunday 8th March 2020 but was moved to be celebrated on Monday. International Women’s Day is an event celebrated worldwide. This is an opportunity for women to come together and be recognized, to highlight their positive…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at the Kirakira Police Station in Makira Ulawa Province have arrested a 45-year-old man following the alleged sexual assault of his 15-year-old daughter at Nagau Village in east Makira last year 2019. An initial report says the defendant father allegedly had sexual intercourse with the victim…
A CHIEF from Pawo Village in Malango, Central Guadalcanal has called on responsible authorities to advise Galego Resource Limited, a logging company operating at upstream Lungga River to halt its operation. Chief William Honi told this paper that the company has been operating without the consent of the communities of Malango ward especially the Betiloga…
Following the arrival of the Solomon Airlines’ new Airbus A320 at the Honiara International airport over the weekend, the aircraft dubbed ‘Spirit of Solomon’ is now into full service. On Saturday it left Brisbane, Australia at 9am, transiting through Munda in Western Province before heading to Honiara. Upon its arrival in Munda, reports reaching the…
City Mayor Wilson Mamae made a stern statement that Honiara City Council (HCC) has nothing to do with the $100 Billion (US) loan and One Link Pacifica. The Mayor responded following a statement by Junior Bobanimae in the “Your say” column in the Island Sun Newspaper, published today 9th March (issue 3502). In the…