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MEDIA WELCOMES NEW CEO

The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) welcomes the appointment of Ms Hilda Lamani to the position of CEO of MASI. The President of MASI, Mrs Deli Oso, previous press secretary to the Prime Minister and now an editor for…

DCCG PUSHES FOR LAND REFORM, ENCOURAGES UNITY

 The Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) is currently in the process of implementing Land Reform policies to compliment Traditional Governance. This is to allow tribal customary lands to be recognised under a legislative framework and allow customary landowners and…

RSIPF WESTERN PROVINCE INVESTIGATES DEAD BODY

RSIPF Officers in the Western Province are investigating the dead body of an adult female person found at Kinamara Village near Noro this morning 15 August 2017. Provincial Police Commander, Western Province, Mathias Lenialu says reports reaching the police say…

NRH OVERCROWDED

THE overcrowding at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara is reportedly worsening. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Dr Tenneth Dalipanda revealed this yesterday during a ceremony to officially open the newly refurbished Labour ward. NRH Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr Rooney Jagilly adds that…

PROVINCIAL GOV’T NEED BOOST

PREMIER of Guadalcanal Province says provincial governments need more support to perform up to the required standard. Premier Anthony Veke said all the premiers are planning to meet with the Prime Minister to discuss pressing issues facing the provincial governments,…

FIREARMS SILENT

TWO Solomon Islands Patrol boats in hot pursuit of wooden Vietnamese vessels allegedly fishing illegally in our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) could not fire upon the foreign boats because there was no permission from Australia, it has emerged. The incident…

RENBEL DEMANDS OWNERSHIP OF DETAINED VESSELS

RENBEL province’s Premier calls on the Prime Minister and the Minister of Fisheries to hand over the detained Vietnamese fishing vessels to the victimised province. Also, the detained marine products found in their storage must be yielded to the Renbel…

ARMED MEN HIRED

FOREIGN armed security personnel are said to have been engaged by logging operators in south-west Choiseul, after landowners in a fit of fury burned down machines and equipment last December, eyewitnesses have told Island Sun. Six foreign armed personnel were engaged…