Kili thanks West/East Kwaio for peaceful by-election
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI PROVINCIAL Police Commander (PPC) of Malaita province, suprintendant Lesley Kili has thanked the public of West…
Politics
Heritage Park Hotel current hotspot
GDL: ‘We are consulting” BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA SOLOMON Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA) Parliamentary wing leader and Member of…
INTENSE LOBBYING BATTLE UNFOLDS
Lobbying intensifying in Auki as two camps vie govt BY SAMIE WAIKORI LOBBYING is intensifying between two political camps in…
Political tug-of-war
‘Independent MPs holding the balance’ BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA WITH the large turnout of Independent Member of Parliament (MP) elects, this…
Political camps
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE current lobbying period is building up possible camps of what is known to our country’s political…
Sports
SI Netball Coach lauds Team’s performance
BY INDY MAEALASIA SOLOMON Islands Netball’s Coach is confident that her team has greatly improved despite suffering a heavy loss…
Solomon Islands Men’s Rugby 7s Team Ends Pacific Games Journey in Quarterfinals
By EDDIE OSIFELO The journey of Solomon Islands’ men’s rugby 7s team at the XVII Pacific Games came to a…
We lost our game, but still proud of our team efforts: Masaea
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA DESPITE the loss in in their final game against Tonga, Alex Masaea, a thirty-year-old player representing the…
ANOTHER PROBLEM
Security firms urges GOC to release upfront payment for mobilisation BY NED GAGAHE Several security firms contracted to provide their…
Letters
Violence as a Human Rights abuse
DEAR EDITOR, A worrying number of women in the Solomon Islands experience domestic violence. Statistics have shown almost 64% of…
Violation of Human Rights
Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen of this country, I strongly urge our government to recognize the rights of persons…
Chinese companies and domestic politics
AN OBSERVER THE row between the national government and the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has degenerated to a level that…
VIEWPOINT- Virivolomo and his misconstrued facts
CELSUS TALIFILU Brisbane AVIATION Permanent Secretary Moses Virivolomo’s attempt to denounce what was said about his conduct in Auki…
Local News
STEP DOWN GINA!
Western premier urged to give way to new gov’t BY BEN BILUAGizo WESTERN Province Premier David Gina has been told…
Premiers question Policy Redirection
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government’s Policy Redirection has not sunk well with some provinces attending the Premiers Conference in Honiara…
Work to bring home nationals in Philippines
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO WORK to bring home remaining stranded students and Solomon Island nationals in the Philippines is still…
Independent leader says ‘no more middlemen’
The Leader of Independent Group in Parliament, John Dean Kuku, has called on the DCGA to immediately ban foreigners from…
It’s not a ‘nuclear base’
AUSTRALIA says it is committed to the security and prosperity of the Pacific and wider Indo-Pacific region. Solomon Islands is…
Man gets 10 years for sex with step-daughter
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A man has been slapped with a 10-year jail sentence for having sexual intercourse with his step-daughter.…
