BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley is proud of the performance and progress of the re-armament programme as it turned a year-old on May 8. Mr Varley said May 8 actually marks the first anniversary of the police rearmament…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO WESTERN Province Premier Wayne Maepioh is reportedly away overseas on a trip seeking medical attention for his sick wife. Deputy Premier Malloney Lopoto said Premier Maepioh has informed his office about the trip on May 8.…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force have arrested two female suspects for illegal brewing of kwaso at the Crusher are in White River, West Honiara on Wednesday this week (May 9). A 35-year-old and a 28-year-old female were…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA MORE than 2,000 student members of the dissolved Solomon Islands National University Students Association (SINUSA) are questioning the University’s integrity over the termination of eight students in response to last month’s strike. They are questioning if…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE STUDENTS of national secondary school, King George Sixth have expressed dismay over their administration’s leadership. According to a report received by the paper, teachers are alleged of turning up to classes drunk, mistreating students, lying to…
By Alfred Sasako THE impact of dwindling external financial support is beginning to show as donors, suffering funding fatigue, wind back their generosity. With 52 percent cut in external funding this year, service delivery in the social services sector, is…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley says there are no plans as yet to rearm other police units. He said this in response to questions on whether officers in provincial stations which have the PRT stationed in are legible…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA LOCALS in Rennell and Bellona capital Tigoa are raising concerns that there is no PPC looking after the police station there. Speaking to Island Sun in anonymity, three prominent figures in Tigoa community say Renbel’s provincial police…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE High Court has dismissed the Judicial Review of the Leadership Code Commission’s (LCC) determination process sought by former Special Secretary to the Prime Minister (SSPM), Andrew Muaki. The former SSPM was found guilty of misconduct by…
MAL orders cattle from farm with TB-outbreak history BY BARNABAS MANEBONA A cattle farm in Fiji the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) orders cattle from has a history of cattle tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, it is reported. Interestingly, MAL’s Livestock…
