Chief Justice (CJ) Sir Albert Palmer says there are proper channels of raising complaints against a judicial officer rather than going to the media or the social media, Facebook. Sir Albert is responding to the numerous complaints in the media recently over delays in progressing cases and suggestions of cases are being manipulated or deliberately…
THE Opposition Group says it plays no part in an alleged plot spearheaded by a disgruntled senior government minister to remove Prime Minister Rick Hou. The Opposition made the clarification in response to a front-page article in the Island Sun newspaper on Tuesday that reported on the claim. The report claimed a senior government minister…
Police in the Guadalcanal Province are calling on people residing alongside rivers, streams, creeks and coastal areas in the province to take the necessary precaution at all times following the death of man believed to have been killed by a crocodile in the Tangarare area in West Guadalcanal on 15 January 2018. It is alleged…
Police in Kirakira, Makira-Ulawa Province have arrested a 46-year-old male at the Kirakira main market for allegedly brewing and selling of home-made alcohol locally known as honey wine, on 15 January 2018. It is alleged the man produced the alcohol as a source of income. The man has been charged for Restriction of Making Liquor…
THE Director General of the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) Mrs Suphatra Srimaitreehithak has met with the Supervising Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade William Soaki on Tuesday. The Director General was also accompanied by four senior officials from the Government of Thailand. This was the first meeting to be…
A ROW between loggers and villagers at Graciosa Bay, Temotu Province, is now under control as of Tuesday. A well-placed source from Latatold the Solomon StarXiang Lin Timber Company conducted its first transshipment of logs inside the bay without consent from the chiefs. “The community elders seized the tug boat on Monday night and demanded…
The Church movement called ‘Message of the Kingdom’ is now on the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force’s (RSIPF) radar. This followed reports members of the movement are selling their properties and a suggestion an uprising is likely in the province A statement issued by the police media unit on Monday said, the Royal Solomon Islands…
THE Kukum Traffic Police Department has recorded a total of 1583 traffic related incidents that leads to 7 deaths in Honiara last year. That’s according to the Kukum Traffic Police Supervising Director George Mouli in an exclusive interview on Friday. “For the past year 2017 we have received a total of 1583 reported cases,” said…
The alleged million dollar fraud case against the former permanent secretary for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) Henry Murray and his wife Rose will be mentioned again in court today. Chief Magistrate Emma Garo on the last court date has already fixed a month long trial commencing on 21 February 2018. The mention of…
* Wife nabbed for injuring hubby* Wife attacker arrested* Boat collision leaves 15yr old injured* Police witness Manaoba reconciliation* Man wounded at Marau Wife nabbed for injuring hubby A female suspect has been apprehended Police at Yandina, Russell Islands, in the Central Islands Province (CIP) on Wednesday – 10 January 2018 in connection to a…