January 23, 2018

Police operation kills 27 crocs

THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has killed over 27 crocodiles since the rearmament of the Force in May 2017 until the second week of this month. “Since the Police Response Team (PRT) was re-armed in May 2017, RSIPF…

Call to protect local products

By Mike Puia LOCAL manufacture of can taiyo products, soltuna, has appealed to locals to help protect local products from being imitated. Soltuna’s trade marketing and merchandising representative, Isirele Saelea, made this call in light of soltuna products reportedly copied…

Beche-de-mer stock assessment survey soon

BY JARED KOLI THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) will soon carry out a nation-wide beche-de-mer stock assessment baseline survey to identify the current situation of beche-de-mer in the country. Director of Fisheries Edward Honiwala in a phone…

First focus on untrained teachers: Vasuni

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA FIRST focussing on to assist scholarships with are untrained teachers said Central Islands Province (CIP) Provincial Premier Hon Patrick Vasuni. This is to clarify confusion in CIP over which type of students is the Provincial Government eyeing…

Public urged to respect paper money

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE general public has been urged to respect the country’s paper currencies that are circulated in the country. The call was raised following repeated malpractice by the general public in squeezing and at times writing on…

Chiefs in Central Kwara’ae call out for peace

BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI CHIEFS in central Kwara’ae are calling on their communities to live together in peace. The call was made after disagreements from the public and communities towards the “kingdom movement” issue over the past two weeks in…