May 16, 2018

Tigoa police station without PPC

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE police station in Tigoa, Rennell and Bellona province is reportedly running without a commander. The provincial police commander, Inspector Aloysio Manegaua is said to have left the station in early April and has not been seen…

Power MOU for Niumada and Titiana

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO A MEMORANDUM of understanding (MOU) has been signed between elders of Niumada and Titiana communities and the Western provincial government and Solomon Power in Gizo, Western province. Signatories of the MOU include the Western provincial secretary…

39 babies per day

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA    THE birth rate of Solomon Islands has increase to 2.3 percent as of last year, it is reported. This is likened to 39 babies per day. A report by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services…

Biliki’s trial vacated

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE trial into the case against an accused in the health ministry scandal has been vacated and will appear again for possible plea on Friday. This is due to the change of legal representation. The case was…

Airfares go up

Travellers to pay for Solomon Islands’ newest state-owned enterprise   By Alfred Sasako INTERNATIONAL and domestic travellers alike have been slugged a hefty Airport Tax in an attempt to assist the Government set up the nation’s newest State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),…