THE owners of the land where Lomlom Airport is located are seeking answers from the government regarding their money. The government has already spent $6million as payment for landowners, however some of the landowners said they have not received anything. According to Mr Matthew Mengo of Opoiyolo Tribe, landowners are still unaware of the payments and how the payments were shared. He said 47 landowners are only aware of receiving $2,500 each from the first payment worth around $1.7 million for Goodwill – a payment Mr Mengo claims that more than $100,000 are missing from. Mr Mengo adds that a
UP to 3000 people from the recent cyclone-Dona-affected islands of Vanikoro and Utupua in Temotu province are reportedly facing food shortage. This is according to a primary school teacher at
FAMILIES have been left homeless at Laro, in the Reef Islands after 30 homes were pulled to the ground. It was reported that this followed an advice from constituency officers
Ngaube Land Owners Association (NLOA) has dismissed claims by Mathew Mengo published in this paper yesterday. Mr Mengo, in an article yesterday, claimed that some of the land owners of
TEMOTU Province has strongly supported the Government’s intention to revive the former Development Bank of Solomon Islands (DBSI). Reopening the Bank is one of the important flagship policies that the
AUSTRALIAN Direct Aid Programme funding is helping the Temotuan communities of Malo and Nesapla to access safe and clean drinking water by providing ten 3000-litre water tanks. The water tanks were
DEAR EDITOR, Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) carried a story, Thursday, May 25, 2017, which highlighted how communities in Temotu Province could greatly benefit from preserving their environment rather than
IN Taro last week, Provincial Government Leaders, local business operators, community elders, women and youth representatives expressed their desire to see the DBSI Bank revived during a consultation and awareness
FROM Western to Temotu provinces, formerly known as the Eastern Outer Islands, their cries are the same. Landowners’ appeal for government help to sort out the ownership of their customary
THE executives of Temotu Province’s Nende Resources Development Association (NRDA) have taken the Eastern Magistrate based in KiraKira and the Local Court Clerk in Lata to task over a certificate
