WOMEN SHORTFALL
Call for more women in Justice Sector
BY BEN BILUA
JUSTICE Maelyn Bird has encouraged women and girls to pursue judicial path as part of promoting gender quality in the country.
She said the justice sector has...
Western province to strengthen revenue collection
BY BEN BILUAIn Gizo
THE Western Provincial Government is looking at strengthening its revenue collection base as measures in response to government budget cut.
The province will also reduce some of its activities and programmes due...
Gov’t sitting on US diplomatic note
BY EDDIE OSIFELO
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) is reportedly sitting on a diplomatic note the US Government sent at the end of March for the Government to facilitate the entry...
Premiers beat motions
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
TWO premiers defeated motions of no confidence against them yesterday.
Central province premier, Stanley Manetiva, famous for his strong stand against logging in the province, won by an overwhelming majority vote of nine...
‘Your deaths not in vain’
One year on, and charges finally laid over Taimareho sea tragedy
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
TODAY marks the day that 27 lives were lost at sea following the MV Taimareho sea tragedy and police can now confirm...
NO GRANT FOR YOU
Gov’t asks Malaita to forgo $ 6.5 million funding
BY SAMIE WAIKORI
AUKI
THE National government has asked the Malaita Provincial Government to forgo portion of the service grant and Provincial Capacity Development Fund totaling up to...
Border Intrusion?
Fears in Choiseul after boat sighted, increased Covid 19 cases next door
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
PEOPLE living on the Choiseul end of the border with Papua New Guinea are raising alarms after the sighting of a...
CCECC awarded games projects
By Taromane Martin
Solomon Islands-based Chinese Construction Company, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation has been awarded the contract to build the seven China Funded facilities for the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara.
People’s Republic...
MP Maneniaru and others face lawsuit on T27 deaths
BY CHARLES KADAMANA
IMMEDIATE families of the 27 people who lost their lives in a tragic sea disaster onboard MV Taimareho are pursuing legal action.
Vice Secretary of Victims Custom Compensation Committee Venasio Huniehu said they...
ACOM Head calls for calm
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM), the Most Revd Leonard Dawea, is calling on all members of the ACOM in Honiara and throughout the country to refrain from participating in illegal...