OPPOSITION leader Mathew Wales has called for the sacking of the Chief of Staff for the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Robson Djokovic. He also calls on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who is Djokovic’s uncle, to reconsider his position as prime minister. Wale made the call after the Australian newspaper reported yesterday Djokovic…
The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Abigail Chang as the new Country Director for Solomon Islands and Kiribati. Ms Chang will take up her new position in Honiara in December 2019. She joins the APTC from the Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) in Suva, Fiji, where she…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have conducted about more than 200 sea patrols in the Shortland Islands and part of Choiseul Province in just two weeks from 14-28 November 2019. The sea patrols covered the Solomon Islands side of the common border with Papua New Guinea to closely monitor all movements…
Express Pelican II has resumed its shipping service to the Malaita provincial capital of Auki this week after obtaining its business license from Malaita province. A delegation from Express Pelican visited Malaita provincial secretary Fredrick Fa’abasua yesterday during its first trip to Auki. The delegation collected Express Pelican shipping license from Malaita province during the…
THE proposed Bina Harbour project in Malaita has the potential to move this country forward. That’s according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. In his speech, during the Business Excellence Award (BEA) over the weekend, Sogavare stated that Malaita is “one of our most economically important provinces”. “I strongly believe that Bina Harbour is game-changer,” he…
Maxwell Keana has been formally suspended from participating in all Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) sanction competitions while his case is before the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Disciplinary/Ethics Committee. The Executive decided to suspend the player in a meeting held on Saturday…
MALAITA KINGZ FC earns a valuable three points and jumped from sixth to fourth place of the Telekom S-league (TSL) table following their sixth win of the season. Kingz edged a determined Laugu FC side 2-1 at the Lawson Tama Stadium on Sunday to move up two spots with 18 points. Edward Hunuiehu scored his eleventh…
SOLOMON ISLANDS young tennis players were impressive in the recent Vanuatu Regional Junior Tennis championship held in Vanuatu. The young tennis players finished in the top three spots in all three categories of the U10, U12, and U14 category for both girls and boys. For the U10 boys, Junior Kennedy and Andrew Sanga finished top in the…
Investigators of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Naha Police Station are investigating an attack on the home of the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Malaita who is residing in East Honiara. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) of Honiara City, Chief Superintendent Stanley Riolo says, “My investigators are investigating the incident and…
Malaita Province Premier Daniel Suidani has applauded the national government for making the Bina Harbour Tuna processing plant project a top priority in its 2020 budget. Mr Suidani stated this is a press release after Minister for Finance and Treasury Harry Kuma announced the priority projects for 2020. Mr Kuma in his 2020 budget speech…