EU not here to compete with China
By EDDIE OSIFELOTHE European Union funded projects in Solomon Islands are not initiated to compete with China.EU Ambassador/ Head of the European Union Delegation for the Pacific, Sujiro Seam mentioned this to Island Sun...
LIFE-TERM FOR SHOP KILLER
BY JENNIFER KUSAPAA SHOP-KEEPER who murdered his Chinese female boss in cold-blood April last year in Honiara has been jailed for life.And High Court judge Justice Howard Lawry ordered that Max Gosia Taiga of...
Government says it will settle $32.4M owed to Levers.
By EDDIE OSIFELOGOVERNMENT is committed to settle the $32.4 million ordered by the High Court that is owed to Levers Solomon Limited.Attorney General John Muria Junior told reporters yesterday that both parties have gone...
UNITED AGAINST CORRUPTION
$214,751 worth of equipment to SIICACBy EDDIE OSIFELOTHE Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption (SIICAC) has received a boost to its efforts to tackle corruption in the country.This was after they took delivery of...
EU channels funds through PCDF
By EDDIE OSIFELOMINISTER of National Planning and Development Coordination, Rexon Ramofafia has welcomed the implementation of the European Union projects through the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) mechanism.Speaking at the launching of the $78...
KILLER DRIVER GETS 6 YEARS
BY JENNIFER KUSAPATHE court has sentenced a man found guilty for causing the death of five people at the Tenaru bridge last year to six year and six months. Danny Benson was charged for five...
LSL closes in on government
SIG given until Friday to settle $32.4MBy EDDIE OSIFELOLEVERS Solomon Limited (LSL) has given the Government until Friday to comply with its High Court order.This followed negotiations with the Government officials in Honiara yesterday.LSL...
JAPAN EYES SUAVA BAY
Ambassador Yoshiaki meets communityBY SAMIE WAIKORIAukiDISCUSSIONS are underway between the Malaita Provincial government and the Japanese Embassy to look at possible ways to pursue the development of Suava Bay.In amplifying the discussion, Japanese Ambassador...
Elections in April 2024
EDDIE OSIFELOPEOPLE in Solomon Islands will go to the polls around April 2024 afte after Parliament passed the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2022 without amendments yesterday deferring the 11th Parliament to December 2023.Initially, the term...
MAMARA EVICTION ORDER
Locals told to leave as investor expands projectBy EDDIE OSIFELOMETROPOLIS Mamara Development Limited is pushing out indigenous landowners to allow the development of Mamara Township Development in the western end of Honiara.Chief Mariano Mele...