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A long time ago, at the Holy Cross Cathedral Community Hall in Honiara. A black belt karate instructor was demonstrating his martial arts prowess to his trainees. Like hitting bricks, fly kick, and stuff. Afterwards, on his way out, a group of men attacked him. They put him down, and throw him into the drain alongside the main road. Holy Cross Cathedral Community Hall in Honiara, Solomon Islands At that age perhaps, he was still naïve about what a sewer human nature can be. He had just join in a fight he knew no more about than we knew about the people who had come both to kill, and to save him. Sound familiar, yaar? Of course little we knew the atrocities our people are capable of in a street fight, you know. Those were the days, yaar, and here I am writing columns for Solomon Intel. Wheather you like it or not. I mean the man I was talking to was a security guard I simply took for granted, with a blind trust we reserved for our one talks, and in laws. That he knew far more than I...

The Prime Minister’s attempted coup on November 24, 2021 was desperately close. Later on, in a Motion of No Confidence against the Prime Minister, he won only after a count back, 32 primary votes to 15, after two votes abstention on the preferences of themselves. Member Parliamentarians gathered outside the Corridors of Power National Parliament. Honiara. November 24, 2021 Two years ago, similar circumstances too prevailed in April 24, 2019. Sogavare was declared Prime Minister, defeating Wale by polling 34 votes to nil. However, it has been noted that since the Coup of June 5, 2000, still undefeated, after winning four Prime Minister Elections, a  riot often time ensued Sogavare, as the Prime Minister, and  it got as hard as ever.  The Coalition was back in Opposition. Sogavare’s instincts about the Coalition’s call for him to resign were as sound as picking the right time to arrive almost 20 years earlier. And the point is? Just that, like another Prime Minister ...

War and Political Instability in Honiara City Solomon Islands November 25, 2021  The purpose of this article was to examine the implications of perceived risk and international tourism in Solomon Islands. A review of current literature primarily included peer reviewed online journals. Most of the study was aligned towards Lepp and Gibson’s (2003) research on tourist roles, perceived risk and international tourism as point of reference in studying Solomon islands tourism setting, and by reviewing other researchers’ work such as Cohen’s (1972) tourist typology, Maslow’s (1943) hierarchy of needs and Pearce’s (1996) analysis of recent research in tourist behaviour. The study focus was more specifically targeted to identifying perceived risk factors associated with international tourism in Solomon Islands, and critically analyse whether those perceived risks disagree to Cohen’s novelty preference. A survey of Australian students, volunteers, New Zealanders, Americans, Canadians, and ...

  Withlam K Togamae is a Shareholder of Bintan Mining Solomon Islands, 2021 Withlam K Togamae is the shareholder of Bintan Mining SI Limited. Withlam K Togamae is now acting for Nickel Enterprise SI Limited to mine West Rennell, yet again. After all the mistake Withlam K Togamae and Associates did, and the criminalization of mining operations on West Rennell, Withlam K Togamae is more confident as ever. Reports confirmed that the Prime Minister hold Withlam K Togamae's repute and mining company in high regard, for example, in 2017, Sogavare MP said; “I have been watching with keen interest the challenges that your mining operation had to go through in the formative period of your operations and might I add continue to face in Rennell. “I can only admire the cool and understanding manner in which you conducted yourself in dealing with these challenges within the bounds of our laws. “You have demonstrated good corporate citizenship in this matter. “For this I thank you very much and ...