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...
Villagers end training on Forest Management
MORE than 80 men and women of the Southern Mount Maetabe catchment area (Babatana rainforest catchment area) in Choiseul Province have successfully attended the Protected Areas management and enforcement training last week.
The participants involved...
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...
Western border covid-19 response plan endorsed
The Oversight Committee has endorsed the Western Border COVID-19 Response Plan 2021.
The plan was developed by National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) of the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) with inputs from the National Disaster...
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...
BLC concludes Western and Choiseul provincial inquiries.
The Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) has successfully concluded its inquiries into the Public Health Emergency Bill 2021 on Tuesday 24th August 2021 for the Choiseul and Western Provincial region.
It took almost a week...
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...
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...
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...
Balance but not steady
Choiseul government resumes equal number with non-executive following a switch, but remains open to leadership challenge
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
CHOISEUL provincial government is once again on level footing with the non-executive after a member of the...












