BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRINCIPAL Magistrate Tearo Beneteti has called on police prosecutors to stop disobeying orders of the court. She made the comment following the delay of filing of documents by the police prosecution in relation to the case against…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA TWO young men aged 17 and 19 years were given jail sentences by the court yesterday. Tom Gagame Junior and his juvenile co-accused faced a charge of larceny. On September 11 this year Tom Gagame Jr and…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO WESTERN Province Premier Wayne Maepio has left for Indonesia in search of a ship for the province. He is accompanied by his minister of finance Lester Huckle Saomasi, western province Maritime officer of SIMSA Gizo Wheatly…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE presence of one of the Vietnamese blue boats at the Hakama Agriculture station, in Ngella Mboli passage, is causing concerns for people in the area. It is reported that onboard, a foreign rodent species has been…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE Ministry of Agriculture (MAL) and the Guadalcanal planes plantation company (GPPOL) are uniting resources against the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, Guam strain or CRB-G, the most destructive coconut pest that has arrived in the country. This…
BY BEN BILUA TWO coconut experts from Sri Lanka have left the country after a successful week of awareness to farmers. Procurement and logistics expert Mr Lasantha Wickramasekara and Dr Priyantha Wijewardane, a leading scientist with specialisation in the coconut…
THE Government’s productive sector of the Cabinet sub-committee has seen one of its projects narrowing down on its strategic goals. This was the outcome of the Kolombangara Development Advisory Committee during their meeting held this week at the Office of…
BY BEN BILUA A leading Sri Lankan coconut specialist says there is still hope in the fight against the invasive Rhino Beetles. In an inclusive interview with Island Sun Dr Priyantha Wijewardane, he said the issue of Rhino Beetle is…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CIVIL society organisations (CSO) is reviewing the anti-corruption bill to make recommendations for the bills and legislations committee (BLC). CSO Chairman Dr Huddie Namo said, “We are not waiting for the government on now doing our own…
More than half Beche-de-mer applicants only after money, Ministry not interested BY JARED KOLI MORE than half of applicants for Beche-de-mer export licence are ‘purely after the chance to draw income’, it is revealed. As the assessment committee screens…
