Community transmission here
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLOTHE country has recorded its first community transmission cases of Covid-19 after six people tested positive at Pelau Island in the Ontong Java atolls.The Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare confirmed this in...
DEADLINE LOOMS
Top public servants face job loss over vaccinationBy EDDIE OSIFELOSOME high-profile public servants in the government are expected to lose their jobs if they do not get their vaccinations by the end of this...
Auki police mediate between parties
BY SAMIE WAIKORIAUKIPOLICE in Auki are working with parties involved in the recent alleged abduction.Acting PPC Malaita Eddie Koto told the Island Sun his office is mediating between the parties in an effort to...
Auki public demand patrol boat to leave
BY SAMIE WAIKORIAukiMEMBERS of the public in Auki have demanded the immediate departure of the patrol boat from Auki wharf by 6pm yesterday evening.The demand was raised during a meeting at Auki held between...
Isabel landowners fight for ownership over Tubi logs
OFANI EREMAEWHEN Malaysian loggerRichard Kong Sing Ngea pleaded guilty in December 2020 to the illegal harvesting of Tubi trees in Solomons’ Isabel Province, tribal leader Wilson Tohidi was thrilled.Ngea’s admittance of guilt, Tohidi believes,...
Kosui: Djokovic falsified his CV
By EDDIE OSIFELOA political appointee in the Opposition Office, George Kosui has accussed Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Robson Djokovic of falsifying his Curriculum Vitae to get his job.Kosui claimed he carried out an...
FUNDS UNACCOUNTED
Audit Report revealedBY EDDIE OSIFELOA political appointee in the Opposition office has questioned Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) capability to manage the 100 percent increase of the Provincial Capacity Development Fund...
Land row delays Kirakira project
By EDDIE OSIFELOLAND issue stops Trades Transformation Company Ltd (TTC) from building the $200,000 shed to accommodate toilet and shower close to the new ramp in KiraKira, Makira Ulawa province.This was after the people...
ARREST RUMOURS DENIED
Koto: police are in Auki to maintain law and orderBY SAMIE WAIKORIAukiHONIARA Police are not in Auki to arrest anyone, Malaita’s acting head of police Eddie Koto says.He instead said they are there to...
DJOKOVIC HITS BACK
‘Opposition is looking for a scapegoat’By EDDIE OSIFELOROBSON Djokovic has hit back at the latest attack launched against him and his employment with the Government by an appointee within the Opposition office.The chief of...