BY JARED KOLI THE country expects a top representation at the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bonn, Germany in November. This will differ from previous COP…
THE Acting Prime Minister Hon Manasseh Maelanga has told the Country Director and Head of Pacific Regional Programme & Policy for UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, Mr Bakhodir Burkhanov that the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) appreciates the continuous…
BY BEN BILUA THE Television Board’s chairman says economic returns for television has been very low, leading to inconsistency of television services in the country. Speaking during the Information and Communication Technology awareness last week Mr Alwyn Danitofea said no…
GIZO police have arrested seven suspects following a raid on black market outlets on allegations of illegal selling of alcohol at several locations in the township on September 23, 2017. Police also confiscated several cartons of beer and some cash…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PARASI airfield at Small Malaita being closed for the past seven years is now set to re-open. In a ceremony yesterday at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, representatives of the three disputing parties of Parasi airfield land…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI INVESTIGATIONS into a police officer, the son of RSIPF’s deputy commissioner operations Gabriel Manelusi, began yesterday. Police Media confirmed to this paper that Constable (PC) Moffat Manelusi is under investigation for drink-driving in a police vehicle. “The…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA REMOTE island provinces in the Solomon Islands are calling on the government to extend the beche-de-mer open period to a year. A concerned man from Duff Island, Temotu province, Walter Baddeley said that the open-season is too…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) is still in the process of deciding who will be the four beche-de-mer export licence holders. This was confirmed by the Ministry’s Director Mr Edward Honiwala to Island Sun…
Kwailabesi landowners threaten to close down Church’s development BY BEN BILUA SEVENTH Day Adventist Mission’s developments in Kwailabesi, North Malaita, is facing a stop-threat from disgruntled landowners. Spokesperson of Kao Tribe – the tribe which looks after Kwailabesi land,…
A TWO-day provincial dissemination workshop on the “Solomon Islands Demographic and Health Survey 2015” (SI DHS 2015) for Guadalcanal Province (GP) was successfully held and concluded on Wednesday September 20, 2017. The event was held at the Star Event Conference…
