A FARMER says requirements for obtaining loans from the Development Bank of Solomon Islands (DBSI) are well beyond a rural dweller can meet. William Waneoroa from Malaita said he realized this when he went to enquire at the recently opened bank. “I think the requirements were totally opposite to what Prime Minister Sogavare stated in…
PREMIER of Western Province David Gina has called on all nine Members of Parliament (MP) from Western province not to support the new proposed Traditional Governance Bill. Mr. Gina made the call saying the new Bill is not going to serve the current provincial system. He further described it as unconstitutional and does not entertain…
MALAITA Provincial Government (MPG) has engaged a private lawyer to deal with the COVID-19 equipment from Taiwan seized by Police last week. Acting Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau in a statement said Police seized the medical equipment because of the suspicious nature of the consignment stating the manner in which the supplies were sent was suspicious. …
No evidence their place of residence is within town boundary, says Garo By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN CHIEF Magistrate Emma Garo has acquitted three young men accused of breaching the April 10 curfew in Honiara. Kevin Tarifu, Junior Lesley Tata and Hilton Jeffery Maetarau had stood trial for the charge of restriction of movement contrary to regulation…
OPPOSITION leader Matthew Wale says Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele’s recent comments against him are “dodgy and misguided”. Manele had earlier expressed his disappointment over what he called, a deliberate distortion by the Opposition leader of his statement. But Wale in a statement on Tuesday pointed out that the minister is once again trying to dodge the…
The Government of Japan is continuing to aid the Solomon Islands healthcare system under its “Economic and Social Development” programme in view of the ongoing fight against the covid-19 global pandemic. Notes on the assistance package worth around SB$23 million was signed today by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Jeremiah Manele…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, (RSIPF) National Traffic Department checked more than 300 vehicles during a traffic operation conducted in Honiara during the nights of 12 and 13 June 2020. The operation was mounted in front of the Honiara City Central Police Station diverting vehicles westbound through a police checkpoint. Director of…
CHINA Habour Company Limited has donated disposal protective masks to assist Central Province as part of the province’s preparedness for COVID-19. The brief handing over of the disposal protective masks was held at the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) Embassy in Honiara, Tuesday. Acting Head of the Chinese Embassy in Honiara Yao Ming who was…
16 June 2020, Apia, Samoa – Today, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) celebrated its 27th anniversary since the signing of the Treaty Establishing SPREP on June 16, 1993. SPREP’s past anniversary celebrations have included public activities and events, such as SPREP’s famous ‘open days’ which have seen hundreds of school students…
Betel-nut vendors in the Malaita Provincial capital of Auki have voiced their disappointment over an alleged action taken by police to clear betel nut stalls situated at the Auki seafront. Speaking exclusively to this paper yesterday frustrated betel nut vendors said their source of income has been cut immediately after police carried out the exercise.…