Matangi: securing our border is not easy
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) says it cannot successfully secure the western border with Papua New Guinea from the entry of COVID-19 without the help of communities in the Western, Choiseul and...
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 FISHERIES ORDINANCE 2020 PASSED
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
Choiseul Province Fisheries Management Ordinance 2020 has been passed.
After going through the whole committee of the Choiseul Provincial Assembly saw the ‘ordinance’ passing yesterday during the province Assembly meeting adjourned to continue...
Taro-Korovou officers query border claim
By Mike Puia
POLICE officers from Choiseul province and Shortland islands, in the Western province, are querying their border claim.
The claim relates to their service at the border with Papua New Guinea during the Bougainville...
Pupuku Mothers Union set for first mission and 100th anniversary celebration
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE
A Mothers Union group from Northwest Choiseul constituency’s only Anglican community, Pupuku community will for the first time travel out of the province to Isabel province and are thankful for their...
Strengthening people’s with disability right for inclusive and resilient communities
The UN Development Programme Solomon Islands, under the Outstanding Women initiative, has launched a series of dialogues to discuss community priority issues, including women’s empowerment and social inclusion, climate change and environment.
On May 18,...
Why we intercepted the Bougainvilleans: RSIPF
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) explains that it had to intercept 29 Bougainvilleans travelling in three boats at sea near Vella la Vella Island in the Western Province on Tuesday (February 20)...
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...
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...
Illegal Ukraine visitor
Choiseul police detains man for illegally crossing SI-PNG border
POLICE Taro, Choiseul province, are holding a 28-year-old man from Ukraine who had illegally entered the country through the border with Papua New Guinea.
Police had been...