THE TRIAL of the case of a former Bank of South Pacific (BSP) officer accused of stealing more than $73,000 from the bank in 2014 completed, Thursday. Closing submissions on the case will be made in court on October 2 before Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota. Alice Gila Chachabule Lalase of Isabel has stood trial for…
Council workers issue 28 days strike threat Honiara City Council (HCC) direct employees who are members of the Workers Union Solomon Islands (WUSI) have issued a 28 days strike notice to the administration of the city council yesterday. The 28 days strike notice which became effective as of yesterday was issued after WUSI held a…
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The decision by the Government to consider the limited rearmament of the Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIPF) has been acknowledged by members of the Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA). This followed a briefing on the staged limited rearmament of the RSIPF project by a team representing the Ministry of Police, National Security and…
A Honiara woman has condemned recent discoveries of dead infants or foetus in various locations within the capital over the past weeks that were reported by this paper earlier. Janet Lomuha, a Naha resident told this paper that such discoveries is evident that there is still a number of sick societies existing in our country…
Matangiki rugby team has once again been crowned the 2015 Honiara Rugby Union Association (HRUA) league champions. This came after they defeated a strong Luapel side 15-8 yesterday at the Panatina rugby pitch. It was Luapel who started off with three points on the score sheet from an early penalty which Beach Soccer sensation, McPhilip…
TWO fishermen from Taro Island, in Choiseul province who went missing last month have reunited with their families after returning safely to their families on Wednesday after spending weeks in Bougainville. The two men went missing after they failed to return home from a fishing trip in mid August. Police in Taro reported the missing…
Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) is proposing to expand the existing plantation with an addition of 35,000-40,000 hectares. This means the oil palm plantations is expecting to expand as far as Aola in East Central Guadalcanal. This was highlighted by Arial Manager of GPPOL Craig Gibsone during a visit by new the Minister of…
RENBEL premier has questioned the visit to his province by the Minister for Forestry Bartholomew Parapolo without the courtesy to call on him. Premier Collin Singamoana had questioned the visit made to his province Monday this week by the minister and his Permanent Secretary and ministry officials. Premier Singamoana said as head of the provincial…
FOUR foreign mining companies are currently eying Gold Ridge Mine with interest to re-open the defunct mining operation. Chairman of Gold Ridge Community Investment Limited (GCIL),a local partner in the mining operation,Walton Naezon said the prospect ahead is to select a potential bidder and re-start mining operations again hopefully by early next year. The mining…