Central Islands

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Prime minister Sogavare’s visit to the Central province has been described as ‘a father returning to his place of birth’. Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Prime Minister, Provincial Speaker Francis Moa...

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA IT is said that now is the proper time for national government to repatriate citizens in Honiara to their provinces having Solomon Islands already registering positive Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. When Prime Minister Manasseh...

PREMIER of Central Islands Province is calling on State Owned Enterprises owning land titles at Tulagi through the commissioner of lands to surrender them back to province. Stanley Manetiva made the call when delivering his...

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CENTRAL Islands Province (CIP) Provincial Government and Administration deem RUSSELL Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL) operating in the province as ‘illegal’. Premier Hon Stanley Manetiva said RIPEL fails to pay its Business License...

By Mikemachris Bentley A weekend excursion by young people from the Lau valley SDA church has helped heal a long-standing division within a village on Ngella, Central Islands Province. On Thursday, the Youth and Pathfinder missions...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A man has been arrested over the Mother’s Day weekend for allegedly raping his own mother. The incident occurred at a village on Ngella in the Central Islands Province. Police say the mother was...

By Ben Bilua, Mavis Nishimura Podokolo and Jennifer Kusapa From King tides swamping villages to crop confusion leaving families hungry, changing weather and climate patterns due to climate change have spawned a new era across...

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...

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA IN NGELLA TULAGHI Township enjoyed the weekend as Siota Provincial Secondary School’s (PSS) students entertained them with fundraising purposely for the Premier School’s rehabilitation on infrastructures. Leading the students according to their programmes was...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced an allocation of $700,000 for the assessment and redesign of the Tulagi Hospital. He made the announcement during celebrations marking the 40th Anniversary celebrations of the Central...