Nine plan to leave Suidani BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI NINE MPAs of the Malaita provincial government are planning to resign, Island Sun was reliably informed yesterday. These nine MPAs are reportedly in Honiara at the moment, preparing to tender in…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI The Malaita for Democracy (M4D) is calling on the nine MPAs who are planning to leave the MARA government to ‘rethink and reconsider’ their decision. This follows reports that nine provincial members (MPA) of MARA are…
BY BEN BILUAGizo THE Office of Western Provincial Premier has condemned a fake Facebook account which has the picture of the Premier and a popular businessman at Gizo. The fake account is a member of the Gizo Forum Facebook page…
THE Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement has denied accusations that the Prime Minister’s $200,000 National Development Fund (NDF) is for political expediency and NOT for development. This after Opposition Leader, Mathew Wale described the continued funding of the so-called National…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AUTHORITIES have lauded the Honiara public for their cooperation during the 36-hour lockdown that ended 6am yesterday. Incident Controller, Ministry of Health and Medical Services Dr Nemia Bainivalu thanked people for their cooperation in making the…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE says they are waiting on the Director of Public Prosecution for advice before they can deal with the detained logging craft intercepted during the lockdown. Assistant Commissioner Simpson Pogeava stated this yesterday. He said currently police…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PUBLIC servants and employees of state-owned companies who are yet to take their first COVID jab will not be allowed to enter their offices as of today. That’s according to a Cabinet resolution designed to ensure…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services is yet to release its outcome response effort for the 36-hour trail lock-down for COVID-19 response inside Honiara Emergency Zones. “The Ministry will have a more detailed outcome of…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A total of 32 arrests were made during the lockdown. Assistant Commissioner National Capital and Crime Prevention as well the RSIPF COVID-19 Police Operation Commander Simpson Pogeava confirmed this yesterday during the joint press conference. Pogeava said…
The country’s National Consumer Price Index (CPI) has dropped 2.4 percent to 106.6 in June 2021. This is according to the latest Statistical bulletin released yesterday. National statistician Douglas Kimi said through the year, compared to the same month in…
