COURT HALTS TUBI EXPORT
New twist in long-running logging row
By EDDIE OSIFELO
A HIGH COURT judge on 29th November 2022 issued an order halting 5,000 cubic metres of Tubi logs a Malaysian logger was in the process of exporting.
Justice...
IT’S A COURT DECISION
Ruling in favour of logger, not landowners: Moveni
By EDDIE OSIFELO
THE Court of Appeal has granted a Malaysian logging company, Sunrise Investments Limited, rights to export more than 10,000 cubic metres of Xanthostemon logs (tubi)...
Isabel government supports Tubi conservation initiative
BY BEN BILUAGizo
ISABEL Provincial government has entered into a partnership with the Hageulu Community and Network for the Indigenous Peoples Solomons (NIPS) to support conservation of Tubi forests on Isabel Province.
A memorandum of understanding...
Malaria drug runs out at Isabel rural clinic
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
Kalenga rural health clinic in Isabel province has run out of Malaria drugs.
Malaria patients there have been advised to ask their relatives in Honiara to send them anti-malaria drugs.
Few patients spoken to...
MINING ROW BREWS UP ON SAN JORGE
By EDDIE OSIFELO
ANOTHER row over resources is brewing on the resource-rich island of San Jorge in Isabel Province.
This time, it’s over minerals.
It comes as the long-running legal battle over the island’s rare tubi trees...
When basic health is not there
The sad state of our rural clinics
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
Lack of staff, facilities and vital medicine has long been a problem for rural clinics.
So, with COVID adding to the pressure clinics are under, Island Sun...
Buka biggest ever can-earning!
By MAVIS N. PODOKOLO
BUALA resident Patteson Buka was $3,378 richer yesterday after selling 563kilograms of empty cans to buyers Tin King.
Tin King, a company owned by Northwest Guadalcanal MP Bodo Dettke, is the leading...
Western Province vows to strengthen ties with Isabel
BY BEN BILUAGizo
WESTERN Province has vowed to strengthen its ties with Isabel Province while looking at potential development aspiration where both provinces can benefit going forward.
Premier of Western Province, Christian Mesepitu made the statement...
Jejevo mining row case returns to court
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
The case against men accused of damaging properties in Jejevo village, Isabel province, over a mining row in 2021 will return to court on May 28, 2022.
Police Prosecutor Watson Akwai said the...
Isabel MPs meet premier
Premier of Isabel province and her delegation yesterday met with three Member of Parliament of Isabel Province at Heritage Park Hotel.
The meeting was part of the new executive courtesy call and opportunity for them...