BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI AS of the official close of nomination for candidates to the Malaita provincial election at 4pm yesterday, 262 candidates are registered to contest the election. Returning Officer for Malaita province, Mr Pearson Simi officially announced this…
By Gary Hatigeva FORMER politician and former diplomat Patterson John Oti has been elected as the new Speaker to National Parliament of Solomon Islands. This was known after a tense voting process, which saw a total of 48 Members of…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MEMBER of Parliament for Aoke Langalanga, Matthew Wale encourages the Government to avoid political instability because it is not good for the people of Solomon Islands. Speaking at motion of special adjournment moved by Prime Minister Manasseh…
Stop notice issued to logging company, investigation underway By Mike Puia A stop notice has been issued to a logging company operating on the upstream of Kovi and Kungulai water sources as investigation carried out to determine the cause…
By Alfred Sasako GOVERNMENT officials are said to have uncovered the mystery surrounding the disappearance of millions of dollars the High Court ordered to be paid into Trust Accounts. Sources familiar with the matter told Island Sun yesterday they were…
Scots college told Lea’i to focus on school SCOTS College Dean International Students Marc Capstick says Solomon Islands national U-17 player Raphael Lea’i need to focus on his education despite the recent interest from national team coach Wim Rijsbergen for…
By Alfred Sasako VETERAN politician, Snyder Rini, has questioned why the head of the Prime Minister’s department was allowed to indulge openly in politics, when he has not even resigned as a public servant. Mr Rini was commenting on Dr…
DEAR EDITOR, in the late 50’s I was a young soldier serving in the New Territories in Hong Kong and I have been busy putting together my memories of those earlier years into a chapter of a new novel, I…
Major changes introduced in effort to reduce devil’s night syndrome By CHARLES KADAMANA IN an effort to do away with the Devil’s Night before election day, major changes have been introduced in the new electoral Act. One of the…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A man from Isabel alleged to have been lying to people and obtaining money from them will appear again in court on February 1. Chief Magistrate Emma Garo adjourned the case yesterday when it was called for…