November 2022

Doctor claims being threatened from PNG

BY NED GAGAHE Dr Jack Siwainao says he has received threats warning him against going to PNG to bring back his daughters. He made this revelation to Island Sun: “It’s not safe for me to go because the situation was…

Nation grapples with TPA related issues

BY EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands is still grappling with a lot of unattended issues since the signing of the Townsville Peace Agreement (TPA) in Australia, 15th October 2000. The TPA was signed by two former warring parties, Malaita Eagle Force…

Aftershocks to continue

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO AFTERSHOCKS of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake are expected to continue for days and weeks until the movement of the tectonic plates, it is reported. This is according to the National Disaster Council situational report number two…

LANDOWNERS CRY ‘FRAUD’

Gov’t backs Malaysian logger to export illegally-cut Tubi BY EDDIE OSIFELO A Malaysian logging company, Sunrise Investments Limited has exported more than 10,000 cubic meters of Xanthostemon logs (tubi) from Korona, San Jorge, Isabel province. This is despite the Korona…

STREET BATTLE

Authorities unite to remove vendors from Gizo streets BY BEN BILUA GIZO Town Council, Western Province Environmental Health, Gizo Police and Western Province’s Tourism Department are joining force to tackle street vending in the provincial capital. The team took the…