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…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA DR Reginald Aipia questions why the Ministry of Fisheries is not considering arresting people who had harvested Beche-de-mer when the ban was still in place. Aipia, one of Solomon Islands’ renowned medical doctors, was brought in by…
MANASSEH SOGAVARE, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, noted that 2017 had been dominated by intentional provocations and natural disasters. Emphasizing the need to address the needs of the 65 million people around the world who had been forcibly displaced…
SOLOMON Islands students in USP’s Laucala campus, Fiji, have elected the new Solomon Islands Students Association (SISA) Executive over the weekend. The SISA Executive consists of the President, Vice President, Treasurer and the Secretary who manage the association in one-year…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE A concerned citizen is calling on the Ministry of Finance and Treasury to give reasons as to why their application for a grant for small scale projects was halted while others in the province received approval.…
POLICE at Honiara Central Station are investigating a report that $16,000 was removed from a car of a guest visiting the Iron Bottom Sound Hotel on September 20, 2017. It was alleged that the guest left the car in the…
