YOUNG students of St Nicholas yesterday paid a visit to the Ranadi dump site i, East of Honiara to learn about waste management. During the visit the students ts have undergone special lectures to learn about waste management at Ranadi disposal dite. This is one of the JICA volunteer’s activities aiming at raising awareness of…
Henry Palusi, of East Wainoni in Makira snatched a gold medal and a trophy during the Our Telekom Banana 8 kilometer road race, Friday. Mr Palusi when interviewed said, despite of his disability, he continues to carry on with his passion in running. “Despite of my hearing problem, I continue to make names in local…
Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has visited the Skyline Company’s office in Suva last week, while in Fiji for the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF). This was revealed to this paper by one of the Director to Skyline Group of Company Pan Yan Bing, who is is currently in the country after arriving from Fiji…
SEVERAL thousand participants and visitors to the 2nd Annual Banana Festival held at Kirakira, Makira-Ulawa Province from 1 – 4 September 2015 have been briefed on the Staged Limited Rearmament of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF). The community consultation team, consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services;…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands has announced that staff from its Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC) will be visiting Auki in Malaita Province on the 14th and 16th of September 2015. In a statement, ALAC Legal Officer, Joy Abia said that the visit will provide residents of Auki and surrounding communities with an opportunity to learn…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare was among other regional leaders who were officially welcomed to the 46th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Summit in Port Moresby on Monday night. Mr Sogavare is attending the Summit with a 16-member delegation which is currently underway in Port Moresby. Governor of Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District Powes Parkop…
NO pre-trial conference has been conducted on Tuesday on the case of the Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal Bradley Tovosia and former Guadalcanal Premier Anthony Veke. This was because the two accused and their lawyers, Nuatali Tongarutu of ANT Legal Service and Anderson Kesaka of DNS & Partners, did not turn up in court.…
A WOMAN accused of stealing $3,800 from a man in 2013 at Point Cruz, Honiara, has confessed to the offence, Tuesday. The sentencing submissions and mitigation on her case will be made in court on September 10. Cathy Kerea of Central Province entered her guilty to the charge of larceny from a person before Magistrate…
POLICE are still investigating the case of the man accused of breaking into the Police Commissioner’s office at Rove last month. Police prosecutor John Palmer told the court on Monday the accused’s file has been returned to investigators. He however, assured the court he will serve disclosures as soon as prosecution received the file. Principal…
THE court has sentenced a man who assaulted his sister in-law and then attacked his brother with a knife last year in Guadalcanal to a total of one year, six months imprisonment, yesterday. Jerrial Manehahia pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful wounding and one count of common assault. The court heard on 22 August…