A LARGE number of students attending Vonunu National Secondary School on Vella, Western Province have been caught and warned after being caught selling and using the well known ‘Kopen’ drug at the school. Reports reaching this paper on Friday said, over 100 students from form one to form six have been questioned by the Vonunu…
DIRECTORS of Gold Ridge Community Investments Limited [GCIL] have visited the Gold Ridge Mine project in Central Guadalcanal, Friday. It was reported that in 2015, the GCIL bought the St. Barbara abandoned gold mine after heavy downpour and flash flooding washed away the bridge connecting Honiara and the mine site. According to Benjamin Afuga St.…
POLICE Chief Mostyn Mangau has described the incident in which two girls aged 11 and 10 were allegedly sexually abused in Makira/Ulawa Province by an adult male as “barbaric and evil”. He said the man in his 40’s has neglected his duty as an adult to protect young females or children against sexual offences. “As…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has turned down a MARA government invitation to attend Malaita Provinces 39th Second Appointed Day anniversary celebrations in Auki, Malaita Province, as the Guest of Honour. Malaita Province’s Second Appointed Day celebrations will be held next Monday, August 15. The Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani confirmed to this paper that an…
Are the executives of SIPEU protecting the interest of their members? UNTIL now no one suspects anything amiss about the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union (SIPEU) – a body set up to protect and advance the rights and interests of thousands of its members. Now some of SIPEU’s executive members are under thick smog. Amongst…
POLICE continue to deny it has received a formal report or complaint against Cathy Roy Vinu, who has been dubbed a con woman by victims. Reports circulating on social media suggest Cathy who is part Guadalcanal and part Ngella was involved in schemes to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. She allegedly began her antics…
FOUR men who were earlier arrested, charged and later released on bail on Wednesday have been re-arrested by police. This was after the man whom they allegedly assaulted on August 5, at Vara Creek, Honiara died at the National Referral Hospital. Floyd Junior Haomaerihu, Nickson Gwalu, Harry Gilo and Matthew Rocky Muala were brought to…
SEVENTEEN players are named in the Solomon Islands Futsal National Team, Kurukuru provisional squad for the OFC Futsal Cup 2022 to be held in Suva, Fiji, next month. A statement from Solomon Islands Football said only seven players from the last World Cup squad were selected in the current provisional squad. The seven players are…
OFC: Following the third and fourth play-off at the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022, there’s plenty more to celebrate for the Solomon Islands and Samoa who were included in the biggest movements made in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World rankings. The Solomon Islands leaped 15 spots to 105 ranking them sixth from ninth in the…
PARLIAMENT is currently on a two weeks special adjournment after its sitting on Wednesday. The adjournment is to allow the government and the relevant officials and committees to finalise a number of Bills. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced the adjournment outlining the reasons. “I rise to move that at its adjournment from 10th August Parliament…