BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Public is being encouraged to continue with basic covid-19 safety measures. Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Health and Medical Services Pauline McNeil issued this advice amid the roll-out of the covid-19 vaccine. She said despite being…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Defence lawyer of a Bangladeshi facing rape charges is accusing prosecution of playing delay tactics. Lawyer Hubert Fugui told court yesterday prosecution had been slow in providing disclosures regarding the charges against the accused. Fugui explained that…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA The case of a police officer accused of crashing a police vehicle into the Holy Cross cathedral brick wall has been adjourned for today. The incident occurred in 2019. Police officer Markie Rokoto’s case was mentioned in…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands (TSI) commends the Commissioner of Lands (CoL) Mr.Alan McNeil for reporting the forgery allegation to police and refusing to grant the Fixed Term Estate (FTE) to Chengs Constructions Ltd. The allegation [forgery] by the Commissioner of Lands…
PRESS RELEASE The Royal Solomon Islands police force (RSIPF) yesterday farewelled one of its officers who passed away late last week. Officers in Honiara farewelled their colleague officer the late Police Constable (PC) Elizabeth Kala Auna during a funeral service…
LANDOWNERS of Nukuma’anu in east Rennell, Renbel Province, claim a logging craft that drifted from west of the island landed on their shoreline last month, causing extensive damages to marine life in their bay. And tribal spokesman Jim Sevesi said…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU People in Buena Vista and surrounding islands in the Central province are being warned of an increasing number of crocodile sightings. A Mr Desmond Probets Mae told Island Sun yesterday villages in Buena Vista are at risk…
PRESS RELEASE PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced that the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in Australia have been approved to be used in Solomon Islands. The Prime Minister in his nationwide address on Monday said the approval was made following considerations…
PRESS RELEASE GOVERNMENT officials from the Environment and Conservation Division have successfully completed a protected areas verification process at the Barekasi Protected Forest Area in North Vella Lavella, Western Province, on 30 April. The Barekasi Tribal Association is amongst many…
PRESS RELEASE THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has secured a 37.5 hectare of land at Tenaru for the establishment of the National Agriculture Project known as the “Tenaru Field Experimental Station”. The new land bought from the Catholic Church…
