THE biggest issue and road-block for the country’s development aspirations is income and revenue generation, which placed the 2020 budget as “business as usual”. The budget also lacked vision. That’s according to the MP for East Are’are Peter Kenilorea Jr. He was speaking on the Sine Die motion in parliament, Tuesday. “This is where we…
POLICE PURSUE ESCAPEES By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN POLICE have set up task force “Operation Hunt-Man” to hunt down three dangerous prisoners who escaped the Rove Correctional Centre, Sunday. Acting Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau revealed this yesterday. “The three escapees are very dangerous and were involved in robbery cases,” Mangau said. He said police are also investigating how the…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have arrested four people in the Monga area in North East Guadalcanal following a raid on alleged kwaso brewing last Wednesday 11 December 2019. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Guadalcanal Province, Superintendent Nixson Manetoga said the raid which was a joint operation between the Guadalcanal Provincial…
A total of 280 police officers will be engaged in a police operation for the festive season throughout the country. Acting Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau said the operation will commence soon. “As earlier alluded 193 officers will be engage in the operation in Honiara and Guadalcanal,” Mr Mangau told reporters at the commissioner’s weekly conference…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) today (18 December 2019) farewelled three New Zealand Police Officers who have served as advisors under the Solomon Islands Police Support Program (SIPSP) for the RSIPF. The three advisors include: Constable Geoff Taylor who started his deployment in January 2019 with the RSIPF Traffic Department will leave at…
‘Two party members speak out ’ By ANDREW FANASIA THE motion of Sine-Die motion has provided a platform for two Democratic Alliance Party (DAP) leaders to pour out their dissatisfaction against each other on the floor of the Parliament, Tuesday. Member of Parliament for Small Malaita Rick Hou and MP for Hograno/Kia/Havulei Jeremiah Manale have…
The 2019 Trans Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) pathfinder camporee is now underway at the new Betikama camp site in East Honiara. The official ceremony was described as a blessing because of the cloudy and cool weather in the opening. The camporee was declared open by the guest on honor Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. The two…
THE Census supervisor for Vulolo Ward in Central Guadalcanal Linda Pauka has called on the Government to quickly settle their Impress payments. Pauka said she will not submit the EA 0101 and EA 0201 data for the 23 communities in the Vulolo Ward to the Census office until the impress payments were settled. The impress…
THE Government has deployed two nurses to Samoa to assist in the measles outbreak there. The death toll from the outbreak has reached 75 as of Tuesday, while hundreds of cases were reported. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services Pauline McNeil revealed the deployment while speaking at the commissioning of 71…
DR Lachlan Strahan is the new Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands. Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator Marise Payne made the announcement yesterday. “Today I announce the appointment of Dr Lachlan Strahan as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Solomon Islands,” said Minister Payne. “Australia and Solomon Islands enjoy strong relations…