VISALE chief Gaetano Chapavo has called on the public to seek permission before visiting areas in and around Visale, northwest Guadalcanal. Mr Chapavo said individuals, groups, schools, or any institution wanting to visit the Visale area must make their request known before arriving there. “I want to clarify here that from now on, if any…
A FORMER ANZ bank officer who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $130,000 from the bank has changed her plea on Friday. Annie Ogoga was re-arraigned, Friday and this time she pleaded not guilty to two counts of larceny by a servant and one count of attempted larceny by servant. The change of plea was…
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CHIEF Magistrate John Numapo has refuted a report in the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Cooperation (SIBC) last week claiming no court circuits were conducted at Malu’u and other districts in Malaita for some eight years or so. Speaking to the media on Friday, he said that report was totally incorrect. “For the record, there were two…
A WOMAN accused of fraudulently obtaining $31,000 in the name of charity is facing a further five charges of false pretences. This time, her alleged victims were taxi drivers. Police alleged Wendy Rose Upwe’e hired five different taxis on various occasion without paying them. Wendy appeared in the Honiara Magistrates Court on Friday on these…
Dear Editor – I would be grateful if this letter could be published in your paper’s letters to the editor column as a matter of public interest. In early December 2014 soon after the National General Elections in November of that year, I reported a case to the police through the office of the Police…
A NATIONAL long-line fisheries management workshop for Long-line Fishery Operators and stakeholders will commences in Honiara on Tuesday. The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) will be hosting the two-day workshop from Tuesday 13th to Wednesday 14th September at the Heritage Park Hotel. According to the MFMR, the workshop aimed to provide an opportunity…
THERE are troubling signs that service delivery by the Malaita province government for the final quarter of this year is likely to be hit hard due to lack of finance. This is because the four-quarter service grant of $3million to be paid by the national government for Malaita province will be used mainly to recover…