Fake gold bar accused remanded

SUBMISSIONS will be made in court on November 28 on whether a man facing a false pretence charge is lawfully remanded in custody. Gordon Mark’s lawyer raised this issue when the matter was brought in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court yesterday. He questioned whether his client is lawfully remanded in custody. Private Lawyer Allan Hou asked…

Former minister loses seat

FORMER minister for National Unity, Peace, and Reconciliation Hypolite Taremae has lost his Central Makira seat during Wednesday’s national general elections. Mr Taremae was unseated after serving just one term in Parliament by new comer to politics Nestor Giro by only 33 votes. Mr Giro polled 1047 votes, which was enough to disappoint the visible…

Voters flood back into town

VOTERS from various constituencies who left Honiara to their homes have flooded back into the city following the November 19 polls. Since Thursday, ships have been loaded to capacity, bringing back voters from various constituencies mostly from Malaita, Guadalcanal, Isabel and Western provinces. The elections, which were hailed peaceful and success, is currently in its…

Voters return to Honiara

MOST voters who return home in Malaita to cast their ballots left the province on Thursday night back to Honiara. They travelled back in chartered boats hired by candidates. On Thursday night there were two ships – MV Bikoi I and Daystar – chartered by a candidate in north Malaita for his voters and supporters.…

Ulawa/Ugi vote for change

THE cry for change in leadership in the islands of Ulawa and Ugi in Makira/Ulawa Province has been finally answered. Voters in Ulawa/Ugi constituency made this possible by electing a new Parliament representative during Wednesday’s polls. The new MP is William Marau. The need for change was evident in Mr Marau’s cruising victory over the…

New Parliament in the making

A NEW parliament is in the making as results for 25 constituencies that completed their counting became known The remaining 25 constituencies are expected to know their new MPs today and tomorrow. So far, 17 outgoing MPs in the last House have been re-elected. They included outgoing Finance minister Rick Hou, who was given a…

Good turn out at Sirowagha polling station

Sirowaga polling station in North West Choiseul on Wednesday has recorded 353 voters turning up to cast their votes out of the total 401 registered voters. Mark Biloko, Returning Officer for Sirowagha Poling Station told the Solomon Star that the remaining 55 registered voters were unable to vote because some of them are living in…