GIZO police have arrested seven suspects following a raid on black market outlets on allegations of illegal selling of alcohol at several locations in the township on September 23, 2017. Police also confiscated several cartons of beer and some cash…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PARASI airfield at Small Malaita being closed for the past seven years is now set to re-open. In a ceremony yesterday at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, representatives of the three disputing parties of Parasi airfield land…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI INVESTIGATIONS into a police officer, the son of RSIPF’s deputy commissioner operations Gabriel Manelusi, began yesterday. Police Media confirmed to this paper that Constable (PC) Moffat Manelusi is under investigation for drink-driving in a police vehicle. “The…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA REMOTE island provinces in the Solomon Islands are calling on the government to extend the beche-de-mer open period to a year. A concerned man from Duff Island, Temotu province, Walter Baddeley said that the open-season is too…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) is still in the process of deciding who will be the four beche-de-mer export licence holders. This was confirmed by the Ministry’s Director Mr Edward Honiwala to Island Sun…
Kwailabesi landowners threaten to close down Church’s development BY BEN BILUA SEVENTH Day Adventist Mission’s developments in Kwailabesi, North Malaita, is facing a stop-threat from disgruntled landowners. Spokesperson of Kao Tribe – the tribe which looks after Kwailabesi land,…
