OUR PARTY President and Minister for Police and National Security, Jimson Tanagada, faced the music in Caucus last Tuesday as the weight of the Memorandum of Demands (MoD) on the Prime Minister begins to sink in. The Party’s founding President Manasseh Sogavare asked Minister Tanagada “to clarify his support” for the ministerial reshuffle contained in…
UGHELE Market in South Rendova, Western Province is an economic hub for Ughele women. When passenger ships call in the Ughele wharf, local women bring their cooked food, stone oven-baked food, green coconuts and lime juice to the market for sale. From the money earned, they buy household necessities and pay for their children’s school…
THE young civilian who pleaded guilty to possessing a VHF radio belonging to the Close Personal Protection (CPP) Department of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara last October has been fined $2,000. Darren Maelaua was sentenced last Friday in the Honiara Magistrate Court on one count of Possessing Police Property contrary to…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has bid farewell to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) advisor, Colonel Justin Bywater. Senior members of the RSIPF executive and the RSIPF & AFP Policing Partnership Programme (RAPPP) gathered at a brief ceremony at the Rove RSIPF headquarter on 9 January 2025 to farewell Colonel Bywater. Colonel Bywater…
FORMER Solomon Islands national footballer Michael Fifi embraces his new career in coaching leading the Matamata Swifts FC in their 2025 season. The former Team Wellington flamboyant winger has now graced his new career as a coach in charge of the Matamata Swifts FC in the Northen NRFL conference. In an exclusive interview with AW…
THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has announced the commencement dates for the three major leagues in Honiara this year. These are the Super Football league (SFL), formerly known as Telekom Super League (TSL), SIFF Super Futsal League (SSFL) and the Solrais Women’s Premier League (SWPL). The SIFF Competition Department confirmed in a statement earlier…
LILACH Panda has broken all odds to be the first Ughele female referee who has undertaken a refereeing course at the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Academy and made refereeing her career job. Under her refereeing belt, she officiated football matches in the Solrais Women’s Super League in Honiara and the Kenwood Harry’s Cup recently…
PARTS of the Malaita Province’s Auki-Atori Road remains in atrocious conditions after emergency repair funding of $6 million was reportedly approved for the task last month. Up to last year, this section of the road was contracted to the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Malaita. Transport fare rose to $300 per passenger each way.…
THE Member of Parliament for North West (NW) Guadalcanal, Francis Sade has taken the initiative to address the longstanding issue of road maintenance in the region, which has plagued constituents for over eight years. The poorly maintained roads have significantly impacted local farmers and vehicle owners, making transportation and access to markets exceedingly difficult. Recently,…
MANY families are raising serious concerns about delays in medical examinations for critically ill patients, which they say sometimes results in patients being sent home and eventually succumb to their condition, whilst patients held up by doctors for further examinations ended up dying in the wait. This situation not only causes grief, but places a…