Dear Editor – The recent documents posted in the island sun by Steven Maki in response to Wilson Maemae’s call for him to produce legal documents to validate his call for Maemae and Rence Sore to resign from their post, is evidently to the extent that I can agree that the call for Maemae and…
YOU would be forgiven for accepting what the police said about the Mbike Shooting case in 2014. Five people were arrested in 2015 in connection with the shooting and arson attack a year early on the Sun Express boat – a fast boat that transported 17 newly-elected MPs to Mbike resort on Gela, Central Islands…
FORMER Member of Parliament (MP) for South Choiseul Constituency, Elijah Doro Muala has passed on Tuesday this week, following a long illness, it was reported. Late Elijah Doro Muala was born on January 20, 1960, in Sasamugga Village, Choiseul. His career in national politics began when he was elected to the Parliament of Solomon Islands as a…
THE man who was reported to have caused public nuisance and threats to the Firiana community in East Kwaio, Malaita Province has been arrested by Auki Police during an early morning raid early on Friday. He is now being remanded at the Auki Police station. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Malaita Province Inspector Stanley Riolo…
THE recently won and signed bid by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and a release concept of the proposed international terminal to be built in Munda is slowly ranking positivity among locals. “There has been much talk about the need to develop Munda airstrip and the major part of it was graciously done by…
Investigations into Mbike shooting is still active POLICE Chief Mostyn Mangau says the investigation into the 2014 shooting at Mbike Island, Gela in Central Province just a few hours before the election of the prime minister in 2014 is still continuing. Mangau said this when asked if the investigation into this matter is still…
The FAMOA TrustBoard in the Shortland Islands has given the green light for the development of the country’s Border Outpost project following a successful dialogue with the national government this week. A team from the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services led by Permanent Secretary Ms. Karen Galokale and the Prime Minister’s Office…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is a professional organisation, Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says. He was responding to a report published by the Solomon Star newspaper on Thursday, suggesting that a “network of thieves” within the RSIPF could be linked to the $300, 000-plus missing from police custody since last October. But Commissioner Mangau…
TROPICAL Cyclone Lucas that hits the country early this month has recorded no deaths in the country. This was revealed by the Director of the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), Loti Yates during a media conference on Thursday at the NDMO office. “Currently we do not receive any report of death caused by cyclone Lucas,” he…
THE Solomon Islands Archery Federation (SIAF) will kick off its program for this year starting this weekend. SIAF president Richard Toke in a statement on Thursday confirmed training will start on Saturday at the Honiara High School Ground from 9 am to 3 pm. The main aim for the upcoming training is to aid in the…