BY ALFRED PAGEPITU Honiara City Mayor Wilson Mamae has refused to concede to calls for him to resign. Mr Mamae was reportedly handed a seven-day notice signed by four councillors, including deputy Mayor Charles Aiwosuga, on Wednesday last week, demanding…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A man has been charged with the murder of a young man in Avatai village, west Rennell. Earlier this week, Island Sun reported this incident in which the victim was a well-known national rugby player, Henry Agikimu’a,…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA WORKERS Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) has issued a 28-day strike notice to the Malaita Provincial Government for lack of response to a log of claims dating back to 2016. General Secretary of WUSI Tony Kagovai issued…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA TWO staff associations that pushed for the removal of Solomon Islands National University (SINU) vice chancellor Dr. Ganesh Chand have no legal standing and are therefore illegal. That’s according to High Court judge Rex Foukona in his…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PUBLIC is reassured by government that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases that are still positive will only be released after they test negative for ‘three consecutive times’. That is seven days apart after they become negative clarify Prime…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO INDIVIDUALS from the flight marked as high-risk and those from the Philippines third repatriation flight have had their mandatory quarantine period extended to 21 days. This was confirmed by Pauline McNeil, permanent secretary to Ministry of…
GOVERNMENT is warning public to be wary of imposters going round claiming to be ESP workers facilitating applications. In a statement yesterday, government says: “It has come to the attention of the Economic Stimulus Package Committee that certain individuals and/or…
BUSINESS confidence at many areas of the economy is at a record low, a new survey has indicated. The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) 2020 Business Confidence Survey suggests that most businesses (43 percent) expect their business…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA Part of the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) approvals completed includes ‘cocoa farmers’ as well. This is according to the Chairman of the ESP Committee and Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT) Permanent Secretary (PS) McKinnie Dentana when…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Public Emergency Bill is currently waiting on consultations which are being held in the provinces. Attorney General John Muria Junior says consultations have been done in Guadalcanal Province, Honiara City Council (HCC), and with diplomatic…
