PM spells out gov’t new policy direction
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government’s new policy direction focuses on the reconstruction and revitalization of Honiara businesses infrastructures destroyed during…
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
5 new cases
Country’s tally reaches 13 as more passengers from high-risk Oct-25 flight test positive to covid-19 BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands…
PM announces five new cases from Auckland flight
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare today has announced five new COVID-19 cases in the country. Speaking during his nationwide address today,…
Suidani eyes water business
BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI MARA government is hoping to get water business with responsible stakeholders for its long term plan…
ESP list going around ‘not true’
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA LIST of Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) project applications circulating since last week amongst the public is ‘not…
Gov’t proceeds to recruit new nurses
BY MAVIS N. PODOKOLO SEVENTY-EIGHT newly graduated nurses are in the process of being recruited, with some ex-pecting to start…
Police to enquire into bribery attempt on PPC Malaita
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says no formal complaint has been raised to the po-lice about allegations of…
