Registration chaos at Saint Barnabas Cathedral as Solomon Islands Electoral Commission extends hours IN a surprising turn of events on Friday last week, the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) found itself in a chaotic situation as they extended the voter…
Cross-border voters in Guadalcanal are urged to exercise great caution to register elsewhere as they may jeopardise their chances to vote in the coming national general election. The warning was issued following unconfirmed reports that another vessel carrying potential cross-border…
Concerns arise over voter registration conducted in Central Honiara Residents of Central Honiara are calling for the South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) to take action against its workers involved in the voter registration process. Allegations have emerged that an elder…
Safety was once a pride of Honiara. Once! Citizens in the 80s and 90s can attest to this. Children reading story books then would have had to shake their imaginations to picturise what pick-pocketing looked like, or they’d chance upon…
AN American couple who have lived and worked here over the last 29 years are heading back soon to their country. Joyce and Don Boykin first came to the Solomon Islands in 1993. Don was an architect and Joyce a…
THE Prime Minister’s 19-member delegation on a three-legged overseas tour has cost taxpayers $2.5 million, documents Island Sun cited have revealed. The delegation arrived last week following their recent overseas trip to New York (UNGA), Washington, Singapore and Australia. The…
THE Family Federation for World Peace and Unification celebrated 40 years of outreach in the Solomon Islands. Founded by Korean religious leader, Reverend Moon and his wife, the family federation has grown over the years with a sizeable membership and…
The Pacific Anti-Corruption Journalists Network (PACJN) yesterday hosted media owners, editors and senior journalists for a pre-summit workshop that discusses the media’s role in investigating the management of public resources. The event was held ahead of the official opening of…
PARLIAMENTARY Wing leader of the Solomon Islands United Party, Peter Kenilorea Jnr has congratulated the people of West Kwaio Constituency for voting in Claudius Tei’ifi as their Member of Parliament. Mr Tei’ifi who contested Wednesday’s by-election under the United Party…
A Solomon Islander who was rescued after 47 days at sea on August 18 in the remote south coast of West New Britain province in Papua New Guinea was safely repatriated to Honiara over the weekend to rejoin his family…