BY ALFRED PAGEPITU WESTERN Provincial government has halted an application on a subdivision plan to the Western Provincial Planning & Development Board submitted by Pari Development Company to develop land parcels at Noro in Western Province. The submission included Fixed…
By Alfred Sasako THE new Member of Parliament for West Kwaio, Titus Fiika, who only two weeks ago entered a pact to join the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) for the next four years, is believed to have…
HENDERSON Eels coach Eddie Marahare says youngster Kennedy Watemae is an underutilized talent that deserves a place in the Solomon Islands national Under-23 training squad. Marahare, who led Eels to the quarter-final of the 2019 OFC Champions League on their…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI PREMIER of Malaita Province has urged development partners especially NGOs that his government will only work with them if they are committed to serve the province. Daniel Suidani said this in response to questions on the…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MALAITA Provincial government will implement seven new projects under the PCDF programme this year. Malaita’s finance minister Nelson Lenty explains that they have opted for only seven to enable them to complete the 25 incomplete projects…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MALAITA province continues to dominate the Solomon Islands Government scholarship scheme at around 50 percent of recipients each year, it is reported. Minister for Education John Dean Kuku voiced this during a dinner hosted for…
Fugui pushes for government recognition as Israel’s capital in 100-day policy By EDDIE OSIFELO MEMBER of Parliament for Central Honiara, John Moffat Fugui has suggested recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to be in the government’s 100…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO MINERAL water processed in the country are safe and have met the required standard of water bottling processes, says George Titiulu, Head of Environmental Health Division at the Honiara City Council. He said this yesterday following…
By EDDIE OSIFELO LEADER of Independent Group, Robertson Galokale has raised his opposition towards the appointment of the Development Bank of Solomon Islands (DBSI) interim board. The Interim Board members are; Gane Alva Smibe; Trevor Manemahaga; Robson Tana Djokovic; Andrew…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Australian High Commission in Honiara has snubbed media talk that Australia is planning to set up a naval base in Solomon Islands. This is in response to an article by veteran Journalist Alfred Sasako in the…
