Dear Editor – It is heartbreaking to see images of a repeat of early 2000. I was in Honiara with my family at the time and witnessed the trauma the children and women went through during the hostilities between Guadalcanal and Malaita. I praise God for the 30 years I had there, witnessing the early…
Dear Editor – I wish to give my apologies to the people of Choiseul regarding my Facebook post. The post came up after I received a post on Facebook swearing to us, the people of Malaita. However, I forgive whoever did that swearing to us Malaitans and I too apologize to the Choiseul people for…
The Public Service has resumed duties on Tuesday following a joint review by the Public Service Ministry in consultation with the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the “Stay-at-Home” notice on Monday. Most public officers in the non-essential services are expected to fully resume duties following the review, a statement issued by Government…
Mayor of Honiara City Eddie Siapu has thanked business houses, NGOs, community and youth groups for responding to the call for major voluntary clean in the city. In a statement issued by HCC Media Unit he said, as the Head of Honiara City Council Governance, he is profoundly grateful for the overwhelming turn out. “I…
SIFF, Dec 1, Honiara – A new national football competition called the President’s Cup will be staged for the first time in early February 2022 featuring the top three clubs of the Telekom S-League namely Central Coast FC, Solomon Warriors and Waneagu United with the two 2020 Solomon Cup finalists Western Tomoko and Malaita Eagles.…
SOLOMON Airlines has confirmed the national carrier’s domestic flight schedule has recommenced regular domestic operations as of yesterday. Solomon Airlines CEO Brett Gebers has confirmed this in a statement on Monday. “We have carefully evaluated the situation and the current environment and now that it is safe to operate, we can confirm we are back…
MAKING sure the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific remain sustainable is one of the driving aims of Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members heading into WCPFC18 this week. “As FFA members have continued to highlight throughout this year, Pacific Island people are dependent on the tuna fishery, therefore management action to…
THE presence of foreign troops in Honiara would be unnecessary if “a capable Police Commissioner was appointed to lead the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) after RAMSI had departed, a local Medical doctor, Reginald Aipia, has suggested. “We have to call for international intervention because our own police force were let down by lack…
THE Solomon Islands Chinese Association (SICA) thank all those who help in the clean-up following the aftermath of the recent unrest. In a statement today (1st December 2021) SICA said the association and the Chinese community acknowledge all the good people and residents of this country who had come out in numbers to help with…
ALL Honiara-based schools are now on an early vacation. This came after a survey was conducted over the past days which warrants the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Human Resource and Development (MEHD) Dr. Franco Rodie using his powers to called off the 2021 academic for all educational institutions in Honiara. The early…