GOVERNMENT PAYS HOTEL A MILLION DOLLAR
17:24 hrs
17 May 2008
Government was believed to have recently paid out one million dollars to the Honiara hotel as part of expenses incurred by Government politicians and officials.

MP REFUTES BOARD CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS
17:19 hrs
17 May 2008
Member of Parliament for Central Guadalcanal, Peter Shanel says Russell Islands Plantation Estate Limited, RIPEL, has no right to sell the Lungga Tenaru land as was said by RIPEL's Board Chairman, Patrick Wong.

GOVERNOR OF BANK WANTS IMPROVEMENT IN STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES
17:17 hrs
17 May 2008
Governor of the Central Bank Rick Hou has suggested that State Owned Enterprises, S-O-Es, should be at a minimum commercialized and made to become more efficient and profitable.

LOCAL BUSINESSMAN RURAL PEOPLE ARE YET TO BENEFIT FROM HELP
17:13 hrs
17 May 2008
Local businessman and owner of SET Marketing, Claudius Horiwapu says there is little happening to advance rural people despite heavy funding for rural development.

SPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY
17:11 hrs
17 May 2008
National Sports Council's Chief Executive Officer David Firisua says he is optimist that the Council will do its best to improve sport development in the country.

POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF MAN
17:09 hrs
17 May 2008
Police have not ruled out foul play in the death of a man on Bikovite Road in the Reko area, Tasimboko, North-east Guadalcanal.

POLICE DISAPPOINTED OVER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
17:06 hrs
17 May 2008
Honiara police are disappointed that a number of people in the community are still engaging in illegal activities relating to alcohol and drug use.

GOVERNOR TO LEAVE BANK
19:36 hrs
16 May 2008
Central Bank Governor Rick Hou says he will leave the bank in August when his term of appointment expires.

ILO SEEKS PARTNERSHIP WITH RELEVANT GROUPS
19:33 hrs
16 May 2008
The Government through the Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Employment has welcomed an initiative by the International Labour Organisation, I-L-O aiming to improve labour issues affecting Solomon Islands and other pacific countries.

PACIFIC REGION FISHERIES IN 2030
19:30 hrs
16 May 2008
A report prepared by the Noumea-based Secretariat of the Pacific Community, SPC, has found the Pacific region will need more than 300-thousand tonnes of fish for its consumption by 2030.

GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT FREE EDUCATION
12:49 hrs
16 May 2008
Prime Minister Derek Sikua has told people of his North-East Guadalcanal Constituency that his Government will introduce nine years of free basic formal education in 2009.

GOVERNOR TO LEAVE BANK
12:42 hrs
16 May 2008
Governor of Central Bank of Solomon Islands, Rick Hou says the 2007 CBSI Annual Report will be his last report for the bank.

AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION HALT PROCESSING OF VISA
12:39 hrs
16 May 2008
The Australian High Commission in Fiji has stopped processing visa applications after a second death threat was made against High Commissioner, James Batley.

FIJI'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT INVITES MEDIA FOR DIALOGUE
12:35 hrs
16 May 2006
Fiji's Interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has invited the Pacific Islands News Association, PINA, to a dialogue.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTEND CELEBRATIONS
12:32 hrs
16 May 2008
More than two thousand people within the Tangarare parish, West Guadalcanal, joined in colourful celebrations to mark the feast of St Joseph de Worker, patron saint of the parish.

GOVERNMENT TO SET UP TWO COMMISSIONS
19:31 hrs
15 May 2008
The Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua will be setting up two new commissions to investigate various issues.

PRESENCE OF MISSION FOSTERS CONFIDENCE
19:26 hrs
15 May 2008
The Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands, Rick Hou, has said that the presence of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, RAMSI, and its activities have assisted the fostering of confidence in the country and a positive outlook for the economy.

CENTRAL PROVINCE AND THE RIPEL ISSUE
19:20 hrs
15 May 2008
Central Province has disassociated itself from the group planning to take over the Russell Islands Plantation Estate Limited in the Russell Islands, RIPEL.

HONIARA GUN OWNERS SUPPORT CALL
19:16 hrs
15 May 2008
The Honiara Gun Owners Association says it supports the call by Guadalcanal communities for the Government to speed up the process of paying compensation for their guns.

AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMAT RECEIVES SECOND DEATH THREAT
19:13 hrs
15 May 2008
The Australian High Commissioner in Fiji has received a second death threat, in just eight days.

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