GP police uproot 570 marijuana plants
POLICE at the Tetere Police Station in the Guadalcanal Province have uprooted 570 marijuana plants in the Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) One and Totoba areas in North Guadalcanal on February 3, 2018.
Supervising...
Guadalcanal provincial government swears in new minister
THE Guadalcanal Provincial Government (GPG) yesterday swore in Hon Andrew Rayboy Member of Provincial Assembly for Paripao Ward as the new Provincial Minister for Works.
Mr Rayboy previously held the post of Deputy Speaker to...
Former Guadalcanal MPA lashes out at $50M payout on Hells Point
By Mike Puia
A former Guadalcanal provincial member, Mr Ron Lawson Meke, has lashed out at a $50 million payout on Hell’s Point that was reported in this paper on Monday.
Meke said Guadalcanal national and...
Canadian ambassador visits Guadalcanal province
THE Guadalcanal Province’s Premier Mr Anthony Veke, his executives and officials were honoured to receive HE Paul Maddison, High Commissioner of Canada to Solomon Islands at the provincial headquarter Thursday last week.
Veke thanked His...
2018 national budget by March
BY SAMIE WAIKORI
THE Solomon Islands Democratic Coalition for Change Government is optimist to table the 2018 national budget before parliament by March 2018.
In a press conference yesterday, Prime Minister Hon Rick Hou updated local...
Rain, pain for Tenaru school
BY GEORGINA KEKEA
ST Joseph’s Tenaru school has decided to delay the start of the school year by a week. This is due to bad weather currently affecting the country.
Speaking to Island Sun, school principal...
Are you legit?
Does this unnamed company meet legal requirements to fell and export?
By Alfred Sasako
AN unnamed foreign logging company is allegedly extracting sawn timber just west of Honiara without meeting prerequisite legal requirements, an investigation by...
Water keeps crawling in
BY JARED KOLI
THE continuous rise in sea level has taken its toll nearly wiping off coconut palms off an inundated an outstretched land at a seaside village in Marau on the eastern tip of...
8 homes destroyed
Samlimsan company demolishes houses belonging to locals living in SOMA land
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
EIGHT families are homeless after their houses were destroyed yesterday and Friday last week by members of the Samlimsan company.
Tensions have escalated...
Hornets out to sting
BY ROMULUS HUTA
GUADALCANAL Hornets youth coach says they will treat every game as final in the 2018 Youth Solomon Cup that will kick off in Honiara this afternoon.
FIFA-accredited assistant referee and school teacher, Jackson...