The prosecution will be updating the court on the status of investigation on the armed robbery of the Bank of South Pacific Bank (BSP) in Auki. Public Prosecutor Bradley Dalipanda yesterday informed the court that he has updates from investigations on the matter. He however said it was appropriate that he update the court on…
MORE time has been given for prosecution to consider withdrawing unlawful wounding charges against some of the men accused of the armed robbery outside of the Bank of Pacific (BSP) at Point Cruz earlier this year. That was supposed to be done on Tuesday in the Honiara Magistrates Court. Public Prosecutor Ishmael Kekou said prosecution…
The court will be handing down its ruling on a voir dire (trial within a trial) hearing conducted on the case of a public officer accused of stealing more than $ 28, 000 from the Solomon Islands Government on August 2. This was after it was confirmed in court that submissions from both the prosecution…
Fiu Hydro Project awareness program has opened the ears and eyes of the core resource owners in Malaita. The awareness program which wast aimed at educating the core resources owners on the projects and its benefits and limitation has been widely welcomed by the six core tribes in Central Kwara’ae. Speaking to his paper in…
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The visiting World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr. Shin Young-soo met Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara yesterday. Dr Shin is visiting Solomon Islands this week as part of his regional tour of the Western Pacific Region. The two leaders discussed issues regarding health services including issues of population growth…
Tourism company Solomon Host recently conducted Tourism & Hospitality training in Afio, South Malaita. The training was requested by Honorable Rick Hou MP for South Malaita and funded by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism. The training was conducted for a total of 4 days on Introduction to Tourism, Restaurant services, Events management, VIP and…
Chiefs and elders from the communities of Sagalu ward in North West Guadalcanal are calling on the traveling public to respect church services on Sundays, since loud music from vehicles always distract the church congregation. This was revealed by the Northwest Guadalcanal Solomon Star stringer John Toki yesterday He said the chiefs are very concern…
Local farmers in the country have been provided with a new small-scale mechanisation workshop, inaugurated by the Solomon Islands Government Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock (MAL) and the European Union (EU) in Honiara on Monday. The workshop is funded by the EU under the project “enhancing productivity of land & labour through small-scale mechanization for…
VEHICLE owners that are servicing the east road in Malaita are threatening to sue the government, if any severe accident occur along the road – as it is in a very bad state now. The Malaita East road was in a great need of repair as the road condition has gone from bad to worse…