BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Public Prosecution has amended the charge of common assault and substituted to that of manslaughter against Rubenson Samani yesterday. Public Prosecutor John Zoze made the application to withdraw the common assault charge under section 190(2) b…
DEAR EDITOR, the National Referral Hospital (NRH) is in desperate need of a CT scanner. What is a CT scanner and why the need? A CT scanner gives images of soft tissues and can provide doctors with far more information…
DEAR EDITOR, I wish to make a comment or two on two items which was reported in your paper. First was the publication again of the recipients of shipping grant with SBD$27million unaccounted for funds. Secondly a letter on Sunday…
By Alfred Sasako. CAN you imagine growing rice in seawater? Many of us will find it hard to believe it but it’s true. After years of research, Chinese scientists have put rice grown in seawater on the nation’s tables,…
A 39-year-old vehicle driver is in Honiara police custody over the death of a 70-year-old male during an accident in Central Honiara on October 14, 2017. The deceased passed away at the National Referral Hospital on the night of October…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) will drop the national wharf project for Ugi Island, Makira-Ulawa province, if land disputes are not resolved soon. Director of Civil Engineering under MID, Mr Harry Rini told this to Island…
BY JARED KOLI THREE of the four Asian locally-registered companies granted licence to export beche-de-mer product are alleged to have been illegally harvesting the product in Ontong Java during the ban period. Dr Reginald Aipia, of the Ontong Java Development…
BY JARED KOLI FISHERIES Minister Snyder Rini has been urged to ‘have a heart’ and use his powers to revoke a cabinet decision that permits only four beche-de-mer exporters for this harvest season. A well-placed source, who has spent the…
BY JARED KOLI THE Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) has been urged to come clean about the missing $1million shipping grant allocated to Didao Development Corporation (DDC). Revelations furnished to Island Sun yesterday speaks volume of the inconsistency going…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group has strongly condemned a letter published in the media written by the Prime Minister to an Indonesian company. The media last week released a letter written by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to controversial Indonesian Company, Bintan…
