The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) has issued a public appeal to the good people of the Solomon Islands to have a crime-free and safe New Year 2025 celebration nation-wide. Operation Commander and Assistant Commissioner (AC), National Capital and Crime Prevention (NCCP) Mr. Simpson Pogeava issued the advisory as the country prepares to celebrate…
Tulagi police have arrested a 40-year-old male person for a stabbing incident recently in Tulagi, Central Island Province. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Senior Sergeant (SSgt) Linda Iro said, the incident occurred between two brothers. It was revealed the motive behind the stabbing incident was that, the elder brother told his younger brother to carry…
PUBLIC transport operators in Honiara, including bus and taxi owners, are voicing their strong discontent over the decision by the Honiara City Council for the removal of tints from vehicle windows. The enforcement of the public vehicle window tint removal came into effect on Monday 2 December 2024. This condition, formally gazetted by the Office…
SEVENTY-THREE year old Ronald Bula is from Niuole community in Central Rannogah, Western Province. For months he had been pushing to achieve the ‘No Open Defecation’ (NOD) status of his community. On December 18, 2024 he was amongst the community members who cheerfully celebrated this achievement. The father of eight children was extremely excited and…
Heavy showers over the weekend had resulted in the Maranatha Hall and Solomon Islands Mission (SIM) compound of the SDA Church in East Honiara being inundated with flood waters. The country over the weekend experienced heavy showers. Since Saturday night and well into Sunday morning parts of Honiara was also affected which had resulted in…
MORE than 80 Adventist Youths from Solomon Islands successfully attended a weeklong youth congress in Apia, Samoa. The congress organized by the Trans Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church is hosted by Samoan Mission. The opening ceremony was held last week and concluded over the weekend. The theme for the…
The Mines and Minerals Board has cancelled the Prospecting License (PL) of Gold Ridge Mining Limited for its operations at Mt. Vunusa, Central Guadalcanal. The decision was conveyed in a letter to Mr. Gao, Managing Director of Gold Ridge Mining Ltd., on December 9, 2024. The letter, signed by the Minister of Mines, Energy, and…
THE week-long West Kwaio Constituency Christmas Soccer Tournament concluded successfully with a prize presentation at Faubaba school playing ground last week. A total of 21 soccer teams from three wards within the constituency participated in the tournament. West Kwaio Constituency Development Officer, Bobby Siarana, expressed his gratitude to all participating teams and supporters for demonstrating…
A one day cocoa training was successfully conducted last week in Vutu village, GPPOL 1, which focused on Cocoa Establishment Rehabilitation and Quality Assurance. Training was requested by the village’s newly established association called “Purple Gold Farmers Association.” Association’s participants of the training were about 20 plus and were mixed-young people, men and women who…
A minor mishap involving Landing Craft (LC) Fair King caused significant damage to a newly renovated PT109 seafront building in Gizo, Western Province, just days before its scheduled reopening. The incident occurred around 6pm on Tuesday evening, 24th December when the landing craft, owned by Marovo Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Chacha Bule Amoi, misjudged…