Former MP’s son wins South Choiseul election
BY BEN BILUAChoiseul
A SINGLE vote took Sammy Galo to victory and become the Member of Parliament elect for South Choiseul Constituency.
Galo, son of ousted MP Robertson Galokale, scored a total of 1671 votes while...
Lockdown if covid-19 case at border: PM
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
If there is any covid-19 case detected in the border communities, the country will head into Lockdown.
This is according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.
In his nation wide address on Tuesday he said,...
Maleai chief raises concern on registering of Famoa council of chiefs
BY GEORGINA KEKEA
CHIEF Edward Kingmele of Maleai in the Shortland islands has raised his concern on the proposed plans to register the Famoa Council of Chiefs through a two-day workshop held in Gizo recently.
Kingmele...
New leadership in Western and Choiseul provinces
BY GEORGINA KEKEA
LAST week’s provincial election in Western and Choiseul provinces will see the two provinces with new leaders in the two top positions in the Provincial government level.
Former premier of Western Province, Wayne...
Kelo – a cultural practice to settle feud and make peace in Choiseul
A traditional ceremony still practised today in Choiseul (Lauru) Province called ‘kelo’ is to bring peace, unity and strengthen relationships.
During the head hunting era before Solomon Islands was colonised by Europeans, Kelo was the...
Lauru people crying for improved health and medical infrastructures – Taro hospital and Wagina...
In its most recent face to face Community Awareness Outreach program to Choiseul Province covering South Choiseul Constituency, Moli and Taro in the North West Constituency, two of the urgent issue raised by those...
VIEWPOINT- Loggers disregard of legal requirements
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) in its recent visit to South Choiseul was approached by community members of Posarae, Lituni and Loloko village who shared their concerns about logging activities happening within their various communities...
Capacity of Choiseul police on public disorder control boosted
THE capacity of Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) officers serving in Choiseul province to deal with Public Order Management (POM) incidents has been boosted with the completion of an intensive POM training conducted...
Smoking pilot strikes again
Plane skis to a U-turn at Taro airport, SolAir blames mechanical fault & bad runway
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
SOLOMON Airlines is again under the spotlight as reports surface that a trip to Taro mid last month...
Premier rebuffs accusations and call for him to step down
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
CHOISEUL Province Premier Hon Watson Qoloni rebuffs negative allegations against him being raised by members within Choiseul’s Provincial Government.
It is reported to Island Sun that there were incidents that occurred at the...