THE most frequent traffic offences before the Honiara Magistrates’ Court is one of using unlicensed motor vehicle and driver without a driver’s licence, according to a Honiara Magistrate. Principal Magistrate Leonard Chite made this sentiment when imposing a $3,000 fine each to two men who had confessed to these traffic offences on Wednesday. “There have…
MALAITA Provincial Fishery Office continues with its Fishing Aggregating Device (FAD) deployment. Over the past two weeks, the rollout exercise was conducted in the southern region of Malaita Province with three new FADs being deployed at sea. Two FADs were deployed in ward 24 and one deployed in ward 21, Small Malaita. According to the…
Ruling on strike-out application, tomorrow Trial set for man who abuses wife Unlicensed motor vehicle, driver concern Ruling on strike-out application, tomorrow THE Ruling on an application made to strike out the case of a man accused of posting false rumours about COVID-19 on Facebook will be made tomorrow. Peterson Boso, 44, is facing…
A HIGH-level delegation from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) arrived in Auki, Malaita Province on Wednesday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The signing of the deal will be between the national government and the Malaita Provincial Government to develop the proposed Bina Harbour tuna processing plant project. The MFMR delegation…
A LOOMING health crisis is at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) as knowledge of what is now known as Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is detected at our national hospital. Health authorities are tight-lipped about this likely emerging health crisis as fear of multi-drug resistance among some patients become evident. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),…
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Solomon Islands (CAASI) building at the Henderson Airport in East Honiara has been razed to ashes following an early morning fire on Tuesday. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communication & Civil Aviation Moses Virovolomo confirmed the building caught the fire at around 1:30 am on Tuesday morning. Virovolomo said after…
ANGLICAN Church of Melanesia’s St Barnabas Provincial Cathedral Parish on Tuesday celebrated the country’s 42nd independence anniversary. The event that was held at St Barnabas Cathedral compound in Honiara and was the first of its kind. The event was held following the postponement of this year’s independence celebrations due to COVID-19. Each year the country…
THE 2020 All-Pacific Youth Arise has thanked MARA government for finally accepting a covenant signed by former Premier Richard Namo Irosaea for Malaita to serve the God of Israel as their only living God. The former Premier Mr. Irosaea signed the covenant back in 2007. Over the years, Malaita youths think it is best if…
THE Malaita Provincial Government has donated 5000 face-masks to the Malaita Provincial Health Authority early this week. Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani donated the facemasks to the Provincial Health Director Dr. Henry Kako during a brief ceremony held at the premier’s office in Auki on Monday. Speaking during handing over of the masks Premier Suidani…
SOLOMON Airlines is operating a further repatriation flight today Wednesday 8 July bringing Solomon Islands citizens home from Australia and New Zealand via the airline’s Brisbane gateway as well as foreign nationals approved by the Solomon Islands Prime Minister’s Office. Flight IE684 will depart Brisbane at 1 pm arriving in Honiara at 5.15 pm carrying…