MALAITA Premier, Daniel Suidani is filing a High Court case this week against the key players in the delay of the swearing-in of newly appointed Ministers of the Malaita Alliance for Rural Advancement (MARA) government and Deputy Premier. According to a statement, Mr Suidani filed the Court order against Minister of the Provincial Government and…
LEADER of the Independent Group in Parliament, John Dean Kuku (MP) has called on the DCGA to immediately ban foreigners from applying and obtaining licenses to export beche-de-mer, and give the opportunity to local indigenous resource owners instead. This calls for drastic improvements in the government’s policy redirection with regard to inshore fishery as well…
The UK Government, through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has announced the appointment of a new High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and the Republic of Nauru. He is Mr Thomas Edward Coward who has been appointed British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and non-resident High Commissioner to the Republic of Nauru, a statement…
WESTERN Provincial Government (WPG) under the leadership of Premier David Gina is bracing for a leadership challenge after five of his executive ministers resigned on Tuesday. Their resignation came after he fired his Deputy and Minister of Finance and Treasury Christian Mesepitu and the Minister of Health John Wale over the weekend. Premier Gina then…
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for East Malaita, Manasseh Maelanga has rubbished claims by Opposition Leader Mathew Wale that the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) is working to overthrow the Suidani-led Malaita Provincial Government. Wale made the allegation on SIBC’s current affairs program yesterday, saying the DCGA is funding the resignation of…
“Stay away from Ontong Java” FOREIGNERS have been warned to stay away from Malaita Outer Islands (MOIs), especially during the current beche-de-mer harvesting season, with a warning that any foreigners found on the island would be man-handled. “Why do they go there only when the beche-de-mer season is open? Do they know that they…
Premier Suidani returns to a house in disorder, fireworks could ignite MALAITA Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani has finally landed in the country, following three months in Australia after successfully undergoing a medical treatment in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). The Premier successfully underwent medical diagnosis and medication at the state-of-the-art National Taiwan University Hospital in…
JAPAN’s Grassroots and Human Security Project continue to touch the lives of the rural populace as Samasodu village in Isabel received a new classroom for Katova community high school on Tuesday. Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Yasuhiro Morimoto was there to witness the completion and official opening of this Japanese Grassroots project. “It is a…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Naha Police Station with the help of the community at Mamulele at Borderline area have arrested a 16-year-old male suspect from East Kwaio in Malaita Province this morning 17 September 2021. The arrest was done in relation to the alleged stabbing incident of a Bangladesh…
Police call on a suspect who stabs a Bangladesh National with a screwdriver and removes one of his teeth to surrender himself to any nearest police station. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says, “The incident occurred at the Borderline Bus stop on 11 September 2021 when the Bangladesh National and his wife left their shop at…