May 4, 2018

TSL awards night

TSL AWARDS NIGHT HELD By Taromane Martin THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) together with their major sponsors, Our Telekom has successfully staged the prize and presentation night for the winners of last season’s Telekom Soccer League and the top…

West to revive farms: Maepioh

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO WESTERN provincial government is focused on resurrecting its six provincial farm, in an attempt to improve the province’s agriculture sector Premier Wayne Maepioh said, “We are currently working at improving provincial farms to assist all our…

No arrest yet on Point Cruz armed robbery

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley says investigation into the alleged armed robbery which occurred on the Lee Kwok Kuen boss is still ongoing. Responding to questions raised during yesterday’s police conference, he said that at this stage there…

MSG police discuss security issues

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley says the main issue highlighted during the Melanesian Spearheard Group police commissioners conference was security challenge. He said it is an annual police commissioners conference, and during the two-and-half-day conference they discussed how…

Gov’t called on to pay retired border officers

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO RETIRED police, immigration and quarantine officers from Shortland Islands who served during the Bougainville crisis are calling on the government to pay them their dues. They are reiterating their call, which had initially received no response…

Smoking out youki

HEALTH ministry to use ‘full force of the law’ on tobacco crimes The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is investigating allegations that a tobacco company has produced cigarettes without a licence and without packaging approval. “Youki” branded cigarettes…