ARMED MEN HIRED
FOREIGN armed security personnel are said to have been engaged by logging operators in south-west Choiseul, after landowners in a fit of fury burned down machines and equipment last December, eyewitnesses have told Island Sun.
Six...
Gov’t needs to be serious about Taro relocation: Premier Qoloni
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
The national government needs to be more serious on the relocation of the provincial township of Choiseul due to sea level rise.
Since the announcement was made more than five years ago, the...
Court circuit lands 7 in jail
A recent four-day court circuit at Taro in Choiseul Province heard 51 cases resulting in the conviction and imprisonment of seven suspects after being found guilty of various charges.
The court circuit was held by...
Audit and investigation needed in Tutu and Sariana ‘ghost projects’
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
THE Auditor General’s Office and Police are urged to audit and investigate the two ghost Aid post projects of Tutu and Sariana Wards (12 and 11) at Northwest Choiseul.
Northwest Choiseul’s Member of...
Choiseul calls on MHMS to assess rural health facilities
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU
MEMBER of the Provincial Assembly for Choiseul province, Nerio Ulemiki has urged the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and provincial health authority (PHA) to carry out surveys on health facilities...
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...
$1.4m for Taro & Seghe airports
A funding arrangement of SBD1.4 million to support provincial airfield upgrades at Seghe and Taro was signed on Monday at the New Zealand High Commission in Honiara between New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade...
Japans helps two communities via its Grassroots Human Security project
By Tanny.E.Vahi
THE Japanese Embassy has added to their growing list of assistance by issuing out two grants which will go towards boosting infrastructure development in two communities in the Solomon Islands.
The recipients are; the...
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,...
New clinic building for Kanata
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
OVER one thousand people witnessed the handing over ceremony of Kanata’s new clinic building at Nuatabu community in Kiruqela Ward 16, Northeast Choiseul, yesterday.
According to Mr Nerio Ulemiki the media coordinator for...