CLIMATE change will be dominating the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Funafuti this week. It is a fitting venue for climate change to be discussed right on the doorsteps of people suffering from its adverse effects. Sea level rise…
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…
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 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…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PUBLIC Prosecution has confirmed in court that they are going to maintain the charge against man alleged of giving false information to a Solomon Islands Electoral Official in June 2018 during the voter registration period. The accused,…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA COURT had to adjourn a case yesterday because the defence lawyer was reportedly stuck in Lata, Temotu province, due to flight cancellation. The accused is facing three criminal charges of grievous harm, malicious damage and intimidation. Rodney…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A Solomon Islands National University student teacher facing one count of house break-in has breached court orders and travelled to Malaita last Friday to do his practical in one of the schools there. Principal Magistrate Fatimah Taeburi…
HELLEN Samo holds an Australian qualification from the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in Painting and Decorating, joining the many women unveiling their potential in Solomon Islands’ trades industries. Hellen, an APTC alumna from Malaita province, has a Certificate III…