TWO men who were arrested and charged for being part of a crowd of people who were behaving in a riotous manner at Kukum, Honiara were sentenced Thursday. The men aged 21 and 19 were sentenced after pleading guilty to the charge of behave in a riotous manner. Principal Magistrate Felix Hollison imposed a one…
SHIPS that recently called off their services to Malaita Province will have their business licenses canceled for failing to provide reliable shipping services to the people of Malaita. For the past three weeks, traveling passengers between Honiara and Auki have experienced difficulties due to the fact that some ships called off their services. Shipping services…
The Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani says all Malaitans are free to come to him to discuss any issues affecting Malaitans. Premier Suidani was responding to accusations by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare claiming the Malaita Premier is harboring criminals at his residence in Auki. The Premier said there is no court decision proving Malaitans that visited…
Taiwan has given Solomon Islands lots of money that if put to good use could have developed this country to some extent for the past 36 years when the country still had a relationship with Taiwan. The Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani said if the county has had good leadership, money that Taiwan poured into…
The Minister of Finance and Treasury Harry D. Kuma (MP) says the adverse impacts of the recent riot and looting of business and destruction of properties represent the largest man-made economic shock that Solomon Islands has experienced since 2006. The Minister revealed this on Tuesday when contributing to the Motion of Sine Die in Parliament,…
PREMIER of Western Province Christian Mesepitu has called onto the private sector development and local entrepreneurship to widen its revenue base. Premier Christian Mesepitu highlighted this key point last Monday during Western Province Assembly passes the budget as he outlined his five key strategic areas for implementation in his administration. One of his key strategic…
MEMBER of Parliament for South East Vella La Vella Constituency and Minister for Commerce, Industries, Labour & Immigration, Fredrick Koloqeto has appealed to his people to open up land for development. He was speaking in Parliament during the Sine Die motion, Tuesday this week. “I want to appeal to the people of Vella La Vella…
PRIME Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare is accusing Taiwan in supporting Malaita which led to the looting last month. Speaking in response to the allegation laid against him during the motion of no confidence on Monday , he said the innocent people of Malaita were being lied to by those agents of Taiwan. “What these people…
PERMANENT Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has clarified the issue of medical drug shortages that was raised in the media in the past weeks. Ms. Pauline McNeil stated this during the Oversight Committee Covid-19 update talkback show, Sunday. “There is about 35 items of essential medicine that is out…
A LOCAL scholar, Calvin Luiramo is looking to donate thousands of Science eBooks from his library to Honiara Senior High School. This was after he learned that the school was burnt-down during the recent riot in Honiara – the night of November 24th Wednesday. Luiramo is a Solomon Islands student currently doing his PhD research…