BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI THE Auki fish market facilities are in need of upgrade and improvement. A regular customer Mr David Hane raises this concern regarding the health and hygiene. “The Auki fish market should be upgraded to provide clean…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki THE Malaita provincial government is being questioned for the non-development of purchased lands within Auki town A man from Auki said the central business district of Auki contains parcels of land which have been paid for…
By Mike Puia THE Ombudsman Office is looking to recruit more staff to roll out its new Ombudsman Act 2017. The Act, which was passed in Parliament in July 2017, has come to effect on January 31 this year.…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MINISTRY of Rural Development (MRD) appreciates Taiwan’s Clean Energy Project: One Student One Lamp programme, saying it aligns with national governments’ priority areas. Minister for MRD, Duddley Kopu said Taiwan’s project of solar lamps for…
LAST week Ms Caroline Laore, one of the former TRC Commissioners, wrote a letter to the SI media urging the Solomon Islands Government to act on the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, saying the TRC report was tabled…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MORE than 70 bags of gemstones have been confiscated from a container belonging to a logging company operating in West Fataleka, Malaita province. Landowners recently found a logging company collecting gem stones in secret under…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) explains that it had to intercept 29 Bougainvilleans travelling in three boats at sea near Vella la Vella Island in the Western Province on Tuesday (February 20) last week because it had information…
POLICE are in custody of nine of the 29 Bougainvillean men who had escaped detention last week in Gizo. Five men surrendered to RSIPF officers in Gizo on Saturday (Feb 24), adding to the initial four men who had turned…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA LAU/Mbaelelea constituency in north Malaita province has new machines to build its new roads and fix old ones. A ground breaking ceremony and launching of the new machines to kick-start road construction in the constituency took…
By Alfred Sasako A NORTH-WEST Choiseul housewife may have cracked the recruitment code in getting into the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) allegedly without the prerequisite requirements. The mother of five has reportedly been “shortlisted” to undertake a series…
