THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), Inshore Fisheries Division team have successfully completed a two-weeks awareness on the Fisheries Management (Prohibited activities) Regulations 2018 in Honiara. The team conducted an awareness program at the Honiara Central Market, followed…
BY BEN BILUA JUSTICE Maelyn Bird says there is a great need to educate women of their rights and freedom from violence. She made the statement during the Women in Law Breakfast which was held at Heritage Park last week.…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE court has ruled that the record of interview on a man accused of faking his own death to obtain thousands of dollars from a local pharmacy was carried out fairly. The accused, Peter Fakaia recently challenged…
Call for more women in Justice Sector BY BEN BILUA JUSTICE Maelyn Bird has encouraged women and girls to pursue judicial path as part of promoting gender quality in the country. She said the justice sector has been a male…
MAYOR WELCOMES INVESTIGATION ON THE TRANSFER OF HCC LAND. THE Honiara City Mayor has welcomed investigations into the sell of the Honiara City Council owned land used by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock at Ranadi, east of Honiara. The…
Villagers fight to reclaim stolen logs from Gov’t & Asian logger By OFANI EREMAE AT Korona logging base on San Jorge island in Solomon Islands’ Isabel province, the logging machinery lay quiet. Except for the movement of three local security…
BY EDDIE OSIFELO A GROUP of concerned forest resource owners from Shortlands and Choiseul is making an appeal to the Governor General Sir David Vunagi. They kindly asked Sir David to inquire into the allegations of collusion between the Solomon…
By EDDIE OSIFELO A HONIARA resident, John Langi calls on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to order an audit investigation into the incomplete Kukum market in East Honiara. This was after a construction company believed to be owned by one of…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO YESTERDAY cabinet approved the national policy on covid-19 vaccination. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, in his national address said, “I am pleased to inform you all that my Cabinet has approved the National Policy on covid-19 vaccination…
BY BEN BILUA PEOPLE living near Lake Tegano, the biggest freshwater lake in the southern hemisphere, have expressed fear at the recent unexpected deaths of flying foxes in the area. Reports from the island, which hosts the country’s only bauxite…
