The current nation-wide ban imposed on beche-de-mer harvesting is necessary to control over-harvesting of the marine product. A statement from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources on Friday highlighted that export data and stock assessments have shown that low-value species and under-sized products dominate the export volume, which indicated over-harvesting. Data have shown that…
Police officers at the Yandina Police Station in Central Islands Province (CIP) have benefited from a one-day training on case management and introduction to new charges conducted at the Station, on 6 March 2021. Advisor Andie Driu and officer Florence Iroshaki from the Police Prosecutions office in Honiara conducted the training. Officer Commanding Station (OCS)…
POLICE investigation into the fatal ferry accident last April is progressing well and they are working with stakeholders on possible charges to lay against those involved, Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says. Mangau made the assurance, last Thursday following an article on the media made by a parent of one of those people who died…
Mayor welcomes investigation into the transfer of HCC’s Ranadi land THE Honiara City Council Lord Mayor Wilson Mamae said that investigation is now carried out into the sale of Council Land at Ranadi. While the investigation is now fully carried out, Mamae said he welcomes any other investigation on the matter of transfer of…
THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has thanked the Australian Government for funding support towards the UN Women Market for Change program, of which Auki Central Market is a beneficiary. Speaking during the official opening of the Fencing and Fish Market Slabbing project in Auki, Deputy Premier Randol Sifoni thanked the Australian Government for the funding…
MARKET vendors at the Auki Central Market in Malaita Province will no longer worry about safety issues when vending, following the completion of the Auki Market fencing project. The Auki Central Market fencing project was successfully completed with an official handing over ceremony held at the market, Thursday. The project also covers the Auki Fish…
A LOCAL artist, Lloyd Newton, has been awarded a prestigious DEEP Fund award to undertake Our Ocean, Our Identity, a seven-month project that is being co-led by Newton in Solomon Islands, Alvaro Sumaki Kuautonga in Vanuatu and Pax Jakupa in Papua New Guinea. Each artist is holding workshops with women to explore emotional bonds…
POLICE Chief Mostyn Mangau said they are awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on the next step they will take on the matter of the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Robson Djokovic. Mangau told reporters that this was after the recent declaration made by the High Court that Djokovic is not a…
A refurbished integrated safe space was officially unveiled at the Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH) in Guadalcanal Plains this week. The Safe Space is to treat and care for survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Officials from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the Guadalcanal Provincial (GP) Health Authority, together with the World Health…
RESIGNED OUR Party Interim President and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s nephew, Robson Djokovic still remains the Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (OPMC), the office has revealed. This was despite the recent High Court decision concerning the citizenship status of Mr. Djokovic. A government statement on Thursday said the…