BY JENNIFER KUSAPA An Asian man Ngea Richard Song Sing has entered guilty pleas on three charges in relation to illegal tubi harvest on San Jorge Island, Isabel province. Mr Sing faced one count under the Forest resources and timber…
By EDDIE OSIFELO Minister for Traditional Governance, Peace and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Samuel Manetoali says the role of chiefs need to be recognised because they help maintain peace in the communities. Speaking in the sine die motion in Parliament yesterday, Manetoali…
Isabel landowners accuse loggers of illegally felling their valued trees BY PRIESTLEY HABRURESOURCE owners of San Jorge island on Isabel Province are handicapped as their fight to stop the harvesting of the endemic tubi tree on the island continues unabated.Wilson…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MORE than 70,000 metric tonnes of nickel ores that cost around $171 million (US$20 million) to $256 million (US$30m) in the markets are lying idle on San Jorge, Isabel province. Axiom Mining Limited (AML) which has a…
By Alfred Sasako ANGRY San Jorge landowners on Isabel have formally asked the Government to “suspend or cancel” Axiom KB Ltd’s Mining Licence, accusing the Company of failing to fulfil terms of the Surface Access Agreement (SAA) it signed…
BY ALFRED PAGEPTU SEA level is rising, while storms are intensifying and seasons are becoming unpredictable. Salt water can reach the lower areas where villagers live and now they have lost trees and coconut trees that supported the coastline. The…
-Provincial governments take the lead in accountability and compliance -First time for any provincial government since Independence ISABEL province has created history by being the first ever provincial government to score a clean sheet in its audit…
Speaker will announce the new GG today BY EDDIE OSIFELO FORMER Archbishop of the Church of Melanesia and Principal of Selwyn College, Reverend David Vunagi is the new 7th Governor General of Solomon Islands. Rev Vunagi was the only candidate…
SUAVANAO Airfield in Isabel Province was re-opened last Saturday following the successful rehabilitation of the airport’s deteriorating runway which has forced the Government to close it in September this year. Representatives of the Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA), the…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA LAND disputes have greatly affected Charles Elliot Fox Memorial School in Sa’a, Small Malaita. Students’ performance were said to be affected over the last eighteen years. However, it is not all doom and gloom for the Anglican…
