THE newly elected President of the Malaita Provincial Council of Women, Rebecca Awa has condemned the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in Malaita Province this week. According to a police, a 20-year-old male who works as a crew on a public transport service allegedly raped the girl at Kwailabesi in North Malaita. The victim was dropped off around 7pm and was walking home along a…
THE Guadalcanal Premier Willie Atu has commended the Australian Government for including Guadalcanal schools and communities in its Solomon Islands Security and Safety Light Project. This project was announced by the Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy at an event at the Lungga Community High School on the eastern outskirts of…
A CHIEF from Guadalcanal has called on relevant authorities to investigate the sale of expired goods by a Bangladeshi-owned shop on the eastern outskirts of Honiara. The chief, who requested anonymity, made the call after a number of expired goods were found on the shelves of Bangladeshi-owned shop. “The community’s interests are endangered by the…
THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, McKinnie Dentana has highlighted a number of factors, including corruption, as challenges to doing business in Solomon Islands. Mr Dentana was speaking at the launch of the Solomon Islands Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) titled ‘Unlocking New Source of Economic Growth’ in Honiara recently. The report…
ABOUT 18 youths from Saint Peter’s Catholic Parish in Gizo, Western Province, successfully completed a weeklong first aid training recently. The Solomon Islands Red Cross Society Red Cross Branch in Gizo conducted the training for both male and female youths. The training was part of the branch’s work of ensuring communities have first aid knowledge and skills to be able…
IUMI PLAY U14 national championship 2024 grand final is set after the completion of the semi finals on Thursday. In an entertaining semi-final clashes on Thursday at Lawson Tama stadium, Malaita and Honiara are set to meet in the grand final showdown this afternoon, Friday, after booking their grand final spot respectively. Malaita booked its…
Solomon Airlines grounds team successfully completed a specialized training on the recently acquired ground handling equipment from China. The completion of the training marked a key milestone under the second Solomon Island Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2), funded by the World Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA). The training was…
A PRE-TRIAL conference will be conducted on the election petition case of the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Guadalcanal, Bradley Tovosia on November 29. Judge Augustine Aulanga set the date on Wednesday after refusing to grant the application to strike out the petition filed against MP Tovosia and officers of the Electoral Commission. “Application…
FORMER Member of Parliament for Temotu VATUD Constituency and former Premier of Temotu Province, Clay Forau Soalaoi is now a free man after he was acquitted of the conversion charges against him. Principal Magistrate Fatima Taeburi on Friday 13th September found Soalaoi not guilty of all the 14 counts of conversion against him and acquitted him…
PREPARATION for the mass culling of stray dogs in Gizo is underway after the Gizo Taskforce Committee announced that dog baits are expected to arrive in the Western Provincial capital soon. A meeting to prepare for this exercise and to address the growing concern over the rising stray dog population in Gizo and public safety was…