PARLIAMENT is currently on a two weeks special adjournment after its sitting on Wednesday. The adjournment is to allow the government and the relevant officials and committees to finalise a number of Bills. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced the adjournment outlining the reasons. “I rise to move that at its adjournment from 10th August Parliament…
FOUR adult men have been arrested for using dynamites to fish at Paru, Northwest Guadalcanal on Monday. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau told reporters at his weekly conference this week that police also found and retrieved seven live bombs in one of the men’s dwelling houses. “”The arrest was done after the Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD)…
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Sikuni Land owners oppose Barakoma airport reopening RESOURCE owners of the Sikuni Tribe has opposed the reopening of Barakoma Airstrip in Southeast Vella , Western Province unless a proper consultation is done with the government. That’s according to one of the resource owners in Barakoma Esther Lelapitu. Speaking to this paper in an interview with…
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) arrested four adult male suspects for dynamite fishing in North West Guadalcanal at Paru Village on 8 August 2022. Commissioner of RSIPF Mr Mostyn Mangau said the arrest was done after the EOD team received information from the community and when the team arrived at…
The Minister of Rural Development (MRD) Honorable Duddley Kopu made a courtesy visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Embassy in Honiara today (Wednesday 10th August 2022) to thank and acknowledge PRC’s continuous support to the Solomon Islands Government since both countries formalized diplomatic relations on 20th September 2019. MRD’s Permanent Secretary Dr. Samson…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is receiving an increasing number of reports of Influenza-like illnesses (ILI) from the NRH and other health facilities in Honiara and Malaita. Cases so far have been picked up at Kukum and Rove clinics including the National Referral Hospital. Most cases are from the National Referral Hospital…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has urged the Government to deal with the Truth and Reconciliation Report (TRC) as it is. Hon Wale echoed his concerns in Parliament today following government plans to table its own summary and interpretation of the TRC report and recommendations. “The TRC Act itself requires Parliament to deal with…
Ongoing misinformation by anti-government groups and individuals on the proposed one-off deferral of the 2023 election have effectively confused and disturbed ordinary citizens, especially, those in rural areas. This was observed by the Special Secretary to the Prime Minister (SSPM), Albert Kabui, who recently accompanied some Members of Parliament to their constituencies to consult constituents…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare formally congratulates Hon. James Marape on his resounding victory in being elected unopposed as the ninth Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. In his formal congratulatory note dated 10th August, Prime Minister Sogavare told the Tari-Pori MP, “to be elected unopposed to the Prime Minister’s role…