BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI AUKI’S newly built tar-sealed roads are reportedly deteriorating rapidly. This is the ongoing impact caused by last month’s heavy rains, which chipped away into the new tar-sealed roads leaving potholes which are growing larger by the…
By Gary Hatigeva FINANCE Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare yesterday accepted a courtesy visit from a high level delegation team of experts and top officials from the Cosmo group of Companies, a giant player in the Japanese economy.…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA TWO cruise boats will arrive tomorrow in Honiara as the first of the cruise boats to kick-start tourism destination to Solomon Islands this year. The boats are Ocean Dream ground to be hosted in Honiara by…
IT is an intriguing mystery – why the flood lights at Henderson International Airport – were not turned on at the time a private jet carrying Russian nationals arrived in Honiara on Monday evening. As a matter of fact I…
By Mike Puia THE Tandai Tribal Land Association (TTLA) has boycotted a land census hearing called by the Valumamata Ghaobata Tribal Chief Association in Honiara yesterday. This was not the expected beginning to the weeklong meeting, which is held at…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI THE Malaita Chazon Development Authority (MCDA) committee will regroup and revive the once thriving business arm of Malaita province. This was confirmed by the provincial secretary of Malaita province Jackson Gege during the provincial planning development…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA LIVING stipend allowance for Solomons Government sponsored students in Fiji have arrived – but no book allowance. While the students acknowledge yesterday’s receipt of their living stipend, they have called on the government and the ministry of…
By Alfred Sasako IT is not a normal sight in Solomon Islands – that a group of Russians drop in on a private jet. This week they did – all six of them – four men and two women. Perhaps…
THE Ministry of foreign affairs (MFAET) has explained the ‘Russian visit’ which was reported in yesterday’s Island Sun Newspaper front page. In a media statement, the MFAET said, “A six-member delegation from the Russian Federation “Bid Committee EXPO 2025” arrived…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THREE unexploded ordnance (UXO) were reportedly unearthed by an excavator digging at an area in Henderson yesterday. In a telephone conversation to Island Sun yesterday, owner of the machine said it was in the morning when his…
