Police to decide whether to extend or lift liquor ban
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE two-week liquor ban has had a direct impact on businesses operating bottle shops and bars. Deputy…
Politics
Heritage Park Hotel current hotspot
GDL: ‘We are consulting” BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA SOLOMON Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA) Parliamentary wing leader and Member of…
INTENSE LOBBYING BATTLE UNFOLDS
Lobbying intensifying in Auki as two camps vie govt BY SAMIE WAIKORI LOBBYING is intensifying between two political camps in…
Political tug-of-war
‘Independent MPs holding the balance’ BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA WITH the large turnout of Independent Member of Parliament (MP) elects, this…
Political camps
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE current lobbying period is building up possible camps of what is known to our country’s political…
Sports
SI Netball Coach lauds Team’s performance
BY INDY MAEALASIA SOLOMON Islands Netball’s Coach is confident that her team has greatly improved despite suffering a heavy loss…
Solomon Islands Men’s Rugby 7s Team Ends Pacific Games Journey in Quarterfinals
By EDDIE OSIFELO The journey of Solomon Islands’ men’s rugby 7s team at the XVII Pacific Games came to a…
We lost our game, but still proud of our team efforts: Masaea
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA DESPITE the loss in in their final game against Tonga, Alex Masaea, a thirty-year-old player representing the…
ANOTHER PROBLEM
Security firms urges GOC to release upfront payment for mobilisation BY NED GAGAHE Several security firms contracted to provide their…
Letters
Violence as a Human Rights abuse
DEAR EDITOR, A worrying number of women in the Solomon Islands experience domestic violence. Statistics have shown almost 64% of…
Violation of Human Rights
Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen of this country, I strongly urge our government to recognize the rights of persons…
Chinese companies and domestic politics
AN OBSERVER THE row between the national government and the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has degenerated to a level that…
VIEWPOINT- Virivolomo and his misconstrued facts
CELSUS TALIFILU Brisbane AVIATION Permanent Secretary Moses Virivolomo’s attempt to denounce what was said about his conduct in Auki…
Local News
Police to decide whether to extend or lift liquor ban
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE two-week liquor ban has had a direct impact on businesses operating bottle shops and bars. Deputy…
Juvenile in 8 arrested over election related incident
In Small Malaita, eight individuals including a juvenile were apprehended over the weekend amid escalating tensions related to the elections.…
National joint elections officially closed
BY MORRIS NAFU Teasi Sanga, chairlady of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC), has officially announced the closure of the…
May 6 set for election of new gov’t of Mala
BY SAMIE WAIKORI OFFICE of the clerk of Malaita through the Provincial Secretary of Malaita has set May 6 for…
Man arrested for fatal attack on elder brother over Ngali-Nut tree row
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Kirakira has arrested and remanded a 35-year-old man following…
‘Peaceful elections’
BY MORRIS NAFU The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has acknowledged all candidates, political parties, observers and the citizens of…
