AUSTRALIAN Defense Minister Linda Reynolds on Wednesday made a three hour stop over in Gizo, Western provincial capital. She was accompanied by Minister for National Security and Correctional Services Lanelle Tanangada, the Australian High Commissioner Roderick Bazier and other top government officials. She inspected a guard of honour at Gizo seafront following her arrival. Speaking during…
THE Government will spend $6 million on the current review exercise set up to look into a possible switch in diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. That’s according to Opposition leader Mathew Wale. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has not disclosed how much the government has spent or is going to spend on the exercise. But…
YOUTHS from three communities in Honiara yesterday conducted a clean up at the underpass between the ITA Hardware and Central Plaza. The youths from White River, Rove and Borderline undertook the cleaning program as part of a youth project to help maintain cleanliness in the city. The clean up was conducted to align with the…
GOVERNMENT sponsored student studying in the Philippines have had their August allowances processed last month. That’s according to the National Training Unit (NTU) within the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development. NTU clarified this following media report that claim the students were starving because their allowances have not been paid. “Payment of students’ allowances…
THE suspect in a murder incident at Aoto Village, in Utupua, Temotu Province on 13 January 2019, has been further remanded in custody following a mention appearance in the Magistrates Court at Lata on 16 August 2019. The man in his 40’s has been remanded at the Lata Correctional Centre as police investigations continue into…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says a week-long trip eight of his ministers took to China last week was made with a clean motive. He was responding to statements made by the Leader of the Opposition and members of the public recently. “I want to assure the nation and the Leader of the Opposition that the…
COUNCILOR for ward 9 in Honiara Robert Oge is taking the lead through a community clean-up initiative. Mr Oge said the activity is part of their community obligation as members of the community but also part of the initiative he was preaching during his campaign trail leading up to the election. He said the idea…
OPPOSITION leader Matthew Wale has slammed the response by the Prime Minister, who attempted to justify the recent trip to Beijing by a delegation of senior government ministers and the bi-partisan task-force. “The reply is a very lame attempt by the prime minister to dodge the many important concerns of public interest relating to the…
Trial into the alleged fraud case of the MP for Gao/Bugotu, Samuel Manetoali has started on Monday in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court. Manetoali who faces 17 counts of conversion is now standing trial for 18 counts of conversion. He entered his not guilty plea to the 18th charge, before the trial started before Principal Magistrate…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has highlighted that the priority of the National Security Strategy (NSS) is to ensure our citizens are protected. The Prime Minister acknowledged that internally, Solomon Islands have multiple security issues. Therefore, he said the NSS provides a united platform for our Law Enforcement Agencies to address these security issues collectively. …