BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands needs to generate 125,000 additional international visitors before logging activities can be replaced. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela said this in reference to a long standing national vision that tourism will one day replace logging…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA THE Mataniko Clinic has temporary closed on Monday for a three-month rennovations. Honiara City Council’s Works division has been tasked with this important facelift. Patients are advised to go to nearby clinics for medical attention. The…
By Mike Puia POLICE officers from Choiseul province and Shortland islands, in the Western province, are querying their border claim. The claim relates to their service at the border with Papua New Guinea during the Bougainville crisis of 1988-1998. About…
By TANNY E VAHI WORK on the old Matanikau bridge is progressing well. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) is understood to have engaged three local contractors and has signed an agreement with those companies. At the east bound bridge…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA Any company wishing to carry out operations in Central Islands Province (CIP) must deal through the Provincial Executive Government first for a business licence. This is according to the Executive Government of the province. The CIP government…
BY BEN BILUA LACK of proper safety procedures and compliance has left one dead at Kahigi logging camp in Isabel Province. Buala Police says the deceased went out for his normal working routine with his supervisor when he was hit…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA MOVE to oust the Premier of Central Islands Province (CIP) Hon Patrick Vasuni has disappeared without a trace. Hon Vasuni’s investigation into the issue had left no stones unturned according to the CIP Executive Government. They said…
By Mike Puia A former Guadalcanal provincial member, Mr Ron Lawson Meke, has lashed out at a $50 million payout on Hell’s Point that was reported in this paper on Monday. Meke said Guadalcanal national and provincial leaders should stand…
BY JARED KOLI HONIARA’S iconic Commonwealth Street is being littered with betelnut stains, prompting calls for vendors to “move out” from the area. Wlliam Kere, Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) auxiliary worker manned to clean up the recently renovated street…
DEAR EDITOR, I read with sadness at the plight of our local pilots. I have been following this issue, in which pilots are fighting against what they have described in the media as injustices and mistreatments, etc. On the outset,…
