* Man found guilty of indecently assaulting, raping daughter * Def case on alleged unlawful entry continues next week Man found guilty of indecently assaulting, raping daughter A 39-year-old man accused of indecently assaulting and raping her daughter in 2013 and 2019 had been found guilty and convicted for both offences, Wednesday. Principal Magistrate Felix Hollison found…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says Solomon Island has made good progress so far in the fight against corruption. Sogavare made the statement when delivering his nation-wide address which coincidentally falls on this year’s World Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2020. He said the appointment of the Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption [SIICAC] is the…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare said that Solomon Islands have only 5 positive cases of COVID-19 within its isolation centres as of Tuesday 8 December 2020. In his nation-wide address on Wednesday, Sogavare said that only 5 still remain positive out of the 17 diagnosed cases. “This means that 12 have already been tested negative and…
GOOD Guest Ltd has surrendered its Fixed Term Estate (FTE) title back to the Commissioner of Lands, the second company to have done so following a clash of culture between the offices of the Commissioner and the Registrar of Titles. Commissioner of Lands, Alan McNeil, confirmed the voluntary return of the title on Wednesday afternoon. “The…
THE director of a logging company, Sunrise Investment Limited had been fined $50,000 to the state on Wednesday for harvesting Tubi trees in Isabel. Richard Song Sing Ngea from Malaysia was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of illegal harvesting of restricted species without a license, export, or attempt to export restricted specimen under…
ABOUT six local students studying in the Philippines have failed to show up at the Manila airport yesterday to board their repatriation flight back to Honiara, Wednesday. This was revealed by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his nation-wide address yesterday. “Six students failed to show up at the airport in Manila this morning (yesterday) leading…