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)...
RSIPF reminds communities of COVID-19 threat
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) reminds people in the western border with Papua New Guinea that the threat of the COVID-19 entering our country through Bougainville is real and everything must be...
Choiseul adapting to covid-19 regulations
BY BEN BILUAGizo
COMMUNITIES in Choiseul Province are said to be slowly adapting to covid-19 regulations.
Deputy Provincial Secretary of Choiseul Province, Nelson Tanito said Choiseul Provincial Disaster Operation Committee (PDOC) is working closely with the...
MHMS boosts presence in western border
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services is stepping up its presence at the Western Border due to the worrying covid-19 situation in PNG and Bougainville.
Incident Controller to the Health ministry, Dr...
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...
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 jab launch, roll-out this week
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
VACCINATION official launch and roll -out for Choiseul province is scheduled for this week, says Pauline McNeil - permanent secretary to Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
Mrs McNeil said preparations for...
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...
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...
Astra – 7000 for Honiara,17k for Western border
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
SEVEN thousand doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will be used in Honiara while 17,000 doses will be sent to the Western border.
This is the roll-out plan for the 24,000 vaccines received on...














