BY BARNABAS MANEBONA NGELLA’S famous Forum (NGF) challenges Ngella locals to take responsibility in their lands by looking after them and to say no to logging and prospect mining practises. Ngella has recently been facing issues of logging and prospecting…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO GIZO for the last two days have been on alert after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck around 11pm on Tuesday night. Reports say people in surrounding islands and other parts of Western province have also been…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE accused who pleaded guilty for one count of simple larceny has told the court that life at the Rove prison is not good. He said that prison life is not good at all as there is…
AXIOM KB Mining Limited has been granted the mining lease for the Isabel nickel project on San Jorge island. The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bradley Tovosia signed off the lease on Wednesday. In response to the mining lease being…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands renews its call, joining other civil society organisations and individuals who have spoken out calling on Prime Minister Rick Hounipwela’s government to delay the ‘Half- cooked’ Traditional Governance Customs Facilitation Bill 2018 for further nationwide consultation throughout…
By Mike Puia THE Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has recovered things it lost in Fataleka, Malaita province. While registration was carried out in Fataleka Constituency, electoral kits and a flash drive was removed. The flash drive contains important raw…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA BORDER entry from the Western end of Solomon Islands is reported to have increased compared to past years raising serious threat for locals. Indigenous Elders of Shortland Islands in Western Province who feel that their lives are…
By Gary Hatigeva THE Bills and Legislations Committee (BLC) has on Wednesday started its hearings into the much talked about but anticipated Traditional Governance and Customs Facilitation Bill 2018. Appearing first before the Committee to present the Bill was the…
By Alfred Sasako LAND issues which have been repeatedly blamed for lack of development on Malaita over the years will be the focus of a major Land Summit to be held in Auki at the end of October. Although a…
By Ezekiel Talatau AN arrangement to have people from Lord Howe in the Malaita Outer Islands relocated to a land on West Guadalcanal appears to have been stalled. Leaders from the low lying Polynesian atolls are not following up on…
