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BY IRWIN ANGIKI Solomon Airlines is looking forward to providing Dash-8 service to Rennell and Bellona province. However, the national carrier says implementing this would depend much on the national government. The province is in dire need...

By EDDIE OSIFELO BINTAN Mining SI Limited has owed Biunalu landowners on Rennell island $366,964.07 after it halted its operation two years ago. At the same time, the landowners’ credits towards the company are $921, 144.16. Biunalu...

Miner ceased operation on Rennell By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Mines and Mineral Board has cancelled the mining licence of Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) Limited. This was after APID’s mining contractor, Bintan Mining SI Limited failed to...

By EDDIE OSIFELO RENNELL and Bellona Provincial government will find it easy to deliver its services on land transportation on the island. This was after Ministry of Infrastructure Development donated a new brand hilux to the...

Gov’t seeks millions from ship’s insurer By EDDIE OSIFELO ATTORNEY General John Muria Junior has confirmed his office has submitted a claim that amounts to millions of dollars to insurer Korea Protection and Indemnity Club (KP&I)...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Renbel province has reported new covid-19 cases. Bellona island has registered 22 new cases, Dr Yogesh Choudhri, technical advisor to the Ministry of Health (MHMS) told Island Sun yesterday. Island Sun, meanwhile, last...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO Telecommunication service has resumed on Bellona island, Renbel province. On Tuesday this week, the Our Telekom tower which had reportedly been down for five months, was fixed. Island Sun understands that Our Telekom...

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA CHIEF Justice Sir Albert Palmer has acquitted a man of the murder charge relating to the incident which occurred in Bellona in 2019.   Sir Albert in delivering judgment yesterday said he is...

Royal Solomon Islands Police Vessel (RSIPV) Gizo have transported nine people who are natives of Dawa Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG), from South West of Rennel Island to Honiara after they were found...

Temotu left as the only untouched province in the country BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO & IRWIN ANGIKI The Renbel province has lost its covid-free status after cases were reported there. Now Temotu is left as the only...