IT has been reported recently that the community of Barana on Mt Austen, Guadacanal, is determined to re-plant trees and protect the ecosystems in a proposed park. At a community consultation organised last week by SPREP through the Pacific Ecosystem-based…
IN March 2015, I launched my personal website – www.solomonislandsinfocus.com that I painstakingly designed and funded for the sole purpose of aiding good causes in the Solomon Islands with an emphasis on illustrating locally made wooden carvings and artefacts, but…
By Romulus Huta NATIONAL soccer coach Felipe Vega-Arango Alonso has confirmed that key attacker Micah Lea’alafa will not play in the first leg of the Stage 3 Finals of the Oceania World Cup against the New Zealand All Whites tomorrow…
HCC orders closure of large portion of Pt Cruz CBD buildings A good number of old familiar buildings in Point Cruz have been ordered to be shut down by the Honiara City Council (HCC). Starting from the Honiara Hot…
By Alfred Sasako AS the impact of the decision by the DCC Government to withdraw the Anti-Corruption Bill sinks in, concerned citizens are rallying to show their displeasure. A meeting of like-minded citizens is due to be held at…
Leadership Code Commission penalises former MID Minister $12k for misconducts in office THE Leadership Code Commission (LCC) has penalised Hon Jimmy Lusibaea with a fine of $12,000 for three counts of misconduct in office. In two counts, Lusibaea had…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has firmly denied bribery allegations by the Media in relation to selection of the Service Provider ‘Huawei Company’ for the Submarine Cable Project in Solomon Islands. And he said he never received any form of political…
New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands has reiterated New Zealand’s strong support for education, at the opening of two new Early Childhood Education Centres in East Malaita. H.E Don Higgins travelled with Malaita Premier Peter Ramohia, officials from…
I made mistakes last time. Perhaps mistakes are inevitable, but I wish it wasn’t the case. After 15 years of medical training, I thought it would be easy to translate my skills to a new environment. It’s not as if…
PM Sogavare removes Anticorruption Bill 2016, Opposition says move politically motivated THE Opposition Group has come out stating that Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s move to withdraw the Anticorruption Bill 2016 is politically motivated. Members of the Official Opposition made…
