BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO YESTERDAY saw the long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) office space aimed at boosting local testing capacity to international standards. The ground-breaking ceremony was made possible through the partnership…
KAVA project recipients in Renbel Province have expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL). This was after MAL, through its Agriculture Extension Division in Renbel, delivered essential farming tools to three farmer groups last month under its…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) commends the wish of the Premier of Isabel Province Leslie Kikolo to have an anti-corruption office set up in his province once the establishment of SIICAC rolls out to the provincial level. Here is a Premier…
New patrol boat outpost land owners not happy with Gov’t BY JARED KOLI With ground-breaking to be held soon, a customary landowning group of the soon-to-be built patrol boat base at Lofung in Shortland Islands have expressed their disappointment on…
By EDDIE OSIFELO FOREIGNER Dr Deogratias Harorimana has come out to defend himself on many allegations raised against him – from over-charging local businesses to visa breaches, to tax evasion. Deo, a Rwandan with Zimbabwe and United Kingdom citizenship, operates…
By EDDIE OSIFELO ONE of the owners of Honiara Refrigeration and Air Condition, Kate Cheffers allegedly signed the Contract of Sale for her property at Ranadi without reading the documents. Her cousin brother, Ruddy Oti, stated this to Island Sun…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Judgment into the case of a man accused of stealing more than $370,000 from the Solomon Forest Association (SFA) will be delivered today. It was listed on Monday this week for judgment but the presiding magistrate moved…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has encouraged people of Isabel to receive the covid-19 vaccine when their turn comes in the future. Sogavare gave this call in the recent commemoration of the province’s Second Appointed in capital,…
SOLOMON Airlines, Our Telekom, Soltuna and Dive Munda have joined forces to clean up ocean debris in the Western Province on 2021 ‘World Oceans Day’. The four Solomon Islands companies and local Solomon Islands youths joined the global campaign via…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PROSECUTION and defence lawyers will make sentencing and mitigation submissions today regarding the case of a man convicted of stealing foreign and local currencies in 2020. Sentencing and mitigation submission has to be filed to the court…
