BY SAMIE WAIKORI A MOU will be signed this week paving way for construction of the wharf on the island of Ugi in Makira-Ulawa province. Premier of Makira-Ulawa, Hon Standley Siapu told this paper in an interview the MOU will…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case against the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and his wife will be mentioned in court today for interim mention. The trial date into their case was already set last year for…
BY BEN BILUA THE Solomon Airlines’ A320 airbus has been operating without maintenance and proper inspection, it is revealed; SolAir’s CEO Brett Gebers has denied this. A well-placed source says the airbus has never undergone proper maintenance and checks as…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is undergoing a restructure of the Prime Minister’s Private Office and reviewing all positions in line with the new structure. The Prime Minister Hon Rick Hou previously told Island…
By Alfred Sasako IT is not new, nor is it the first group to have predicted a Doom’s Day scenario. But the leader of a group calling itself the Kingdom, said to be located at Fulikafo or Bethel, near Maoro…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE Solomon Islands Democratic Coalition for Change Government (SIDCCG) says it is still strongly committed in progressing projects on Malaita. This was a statement in response to Island Sun queries to the Office of the Prime Minister…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE Solomon Islands Government is continuing talks with Australia on the Optic Fibre Cable Project This is according to the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC). Island Sun sent queries on the progression of one…
DEAR Editor, “The Fiji government says it aims to increase the number of teachers by 150 each year under its 20-year National Development Plan. “The Fiji Times reports the announcement was made by the Education Ministry’s senior education officer,…
Government uncovers move to topple Prime Minister Hou, masterminded by senior minister BY ALFRED SASAKO THE Government may have smashed an internal plot to topple the two-month-old government of Prime Minister Ricky Houenipwela, insiders have revealed. A senior government minister…
Quoting RNZI on 12 January 2018 “The Head of UNICEF in Papua New Guinea says his agency will meet government officials to see how they can assist with rural communities that are struggling to access health care. “Monjur Hossain’s comments…