POLICE Constable David Tipasua Tepai, 42, from Lavagu Village on Rennell Island in the Rennell and Bellona province has faced numerous challenges during his 14 years as a police officer but the challenges have given him the courage and confidence…
BY BEN BILUA PEOPLE living near Lake Tegano, the biggest freshwater lake in the southern hemisphere, have expressed fear at the recent unexpected deaths of flying foxes in the area. Reports from the island, which hosts the country’s only bauxite…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A man has been charged with the murder of a young man in Avatai village, west Rennell. Earlier this week, Island Sun reported this incident in which the victim was a well-known national rugby player, Henry Agikimu’a,…
BY BEN BILUA THE Premier of Rennell and Bellona province has welcomed the motion of no confident filed against him. “Bring it on,” Willie Tuhagenga said in an interview with Island Sun yesterday ahead of the motion, which will be…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU A motion of no confidence will reportedly be moved against the premier of Rennell and Bellona province this Full Assembly. Premier Willie Tuhagega has welcomed the motion, highlighting the baseless nature of the stated reasons for it…
FOR over 25 generations, the people on Rennell Island located 209 kilometres South of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands depended on their land, forests and the surrounding sea for food and on the rain, springs and ground water and coconut…
Open international sea access in Renbel province concerns public BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II THE open sea traffic in Rennell and Bellona province is worrying citizens, who are calling for national government to act. While Solomon Islands is in a state…
By Mike Puia WORK on a telecommunication tower in East Rennell, Renbel Province, is expected to have started on Monday 9th March. Reports reaching Island Sun confirmed machineries have been moved to the site earmarked in East Rennell for the…
By Mike Puia In Tigoa, THE current Renbel provincial government was welcomed with huge arrears when it assumed office in August last year. The first arrears the government battled with totaled $40,000, incurred to the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund…
Renbel premier calls on national government to do thorough screening of ships allowed into the province By Mike Puia In Tigoa THE Renbel provincial Premier, Willie Tuhagenga, has appealed to the national government, through responsible authorities, to do thorough checks…
