Four men who broke into the Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) construction office and stole valuable properties worth more than $37, 000 have been sentenced to various imprisonment terms on Monday. This followed guilty pleas entered by Walter Onumumu, Martin Mepeni, Jeffery Miveabu and Michael Lano to the charge of office break in. The…
THE Honiara city council (HCC) law enforcement officers have been commended for assisting the police apprehending a murder suspect. Chairman of the Law Enforcement Division of the Honiara City Council, Charles Aiwosuga made the acknowledgement following an incident which left a youth dead at the King George market, East Honiara over the weekend. It was…
Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands His Excellency Usen. A. Suleimen has paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara on Tuesday. At the brief meeting, Ambassador Suleimen conveyed his President’s and the Kazakhstani Government’s greetings to the Prime Minister and the people of Solomon Islands. Ambassador Suleimen informed Prime Minister Sogavare of…
GUADALCANAL Post Conflict, Reconciliation, Rehabilitation and Restoration Association (GPCRRRA) has denied any rumour of the repeat of the civil unrest. The rumour is circulating within Honiara, provincial centres and villages. President of GPCRRRA, Joseph Sangu and his vice president, Andrew Te’e said the rumour of another civil unrest is not true. “GPCRRRA investigations around Guadalcanal…
The nation’s forestry industry regulator, Solomon Forest Association (SFA), has appealed to the Government to stop illegal logging activities in the country, saying the practice is getting out of hand. “The SFA is ready to deregister any of its member(s) found to be breaking the law here. But I want to stress that the Association…
The Office of the Prime Minister has refuted media reports carried in the Island Sun newspaper that seeks to portray a calculated government move to privatise the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA). The Office of the Prime Minister states the decision to temporarily move Solomon Islands Port Authority’s (SIPA) portfolio from the Ministry of Infrastructure…
CAUCUS is still to discuss the 17 political appointees of the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) government where their contracts have expired on 18th April. Special Secretary to the Prime Minister, Andrew Muaki said they have not set the agenda ahead of Caucus meeting today. Insider sources said the 17 PAs have still received their…
KOBITO one chiefs in east Honiara will continue with their by law awareness talks to the people this week. In a statement on Monday said that they are working hard so that people can abide by those laws to safe guide the community. “So far chiefs we have finished zone one, two and three and…
CONSTRUCTION work on the King George Sixth school staff housing project is nearing completion The staff housing project is the school’s latest development priorities under Ministry of Education to improve the living environment for school staff. The housing project was described as a pride for the school to utilise the school land and the environment…
…touched by what they see here A good number of visiting health experts have been sent here already under ROC/Taiwan and Solomon Islands bilateral cooperation, the latest are a new leader for the Taiwan health Centre and two young doctors. The new leader for the Taiwan Health Center (THC) at the National Referral Hospital is…