ELECTRICITY cost in the Solomon Islands remains a most expensive commodity in the Pacific region and remains one of the highest in the world. Data gathered from a report on cost comparison for Pacific power consumers showed Solomon Islands remains the most expensive in the region. The report ranks countries by consumer prices across three…
IT started on Friday and ended yesterday with a thanksgiving Eucharist. Don Bosco Tetere was celebrating its 10th anniversary which started with a youth camp on Friday. About 500 youth from neighbouring institutions gathered in the Rural Training Centre premises for the two-day youth camp. Fr. Joseph Than, Rector and Principal of the institution spoke…
Solomon Water on Saturday reconnected water to state-owned King George Sixth School more than a month after it cut the school off its supplies. The organisation’s general manager Richard Austin confirmed this to the Sunday Star. He said the decision was made as a gesture of good will after the school principal assured Solomon Water,…
A man who returned $12,000 cash that was mistakenly handed to him by a bank has received high praises from the police. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Gabriel Manelusi said Charles Rina’s honesty must be highly commended. “Rina has set a fine example for all of us to follow,” Manelusi said. “He had demonstrated honesty…
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…