THE two men who escaped from lawful custody at the Magistrates Court last month want to see their lawyers first before taking their pleas. Frank Firimolea and Eric Nathaniel Junior are facing one count each of escaping lawful custody. They appeared in the Honiara Magistrates Court yesterday and their matter adjourned to December 13. This…
Ministry suspends KGVI principal, deputy By SIMON ABANA & CHARLEY PIRINGI KING George Sixth School principal Samuel Fangata and his deputy Johnny Tasa were suspended from their official duties as of Wednesday. This came after teachers and auxiliary workers of the state-owned school lodged a petition to the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development…
PRIME Minister Rick Hou says he is impressed by the World Bank’s assurance to support the new Government’s development aspirations. During a meeting with the World Bank’s Resident Representative Guido Rurangwa and International Finance Corporation Resident Representative Seva Payevskiy yesterday, Prime Minister Hou thanked World Bank for its unwavering support to the Government and people…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services lacks data management policies and need to legislate relevant Act to safeguard it. It also lacks of data protection legislation for privacy purposes. These are the research findings presented during the National Health symposium held in Honiara this week by one of the local academics, Ronney Kenitahana who…
Oto’s pre-trial Dec 8 CONTINUATION of the pre-trial conference on the case of a former government officer accused of obtaining more than $800,000 of public funds through dishonest tender will be conducted on December 8. The pre-trial conference on the case of Stephen Jude Oto who faces 11 counts of official corruption was conducted on…
MINISTER for Police, National Security and Correctional Services, Moses Garu says the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) is progressing on the right trend in this post RAMSI era. Speaking on the floor of parliament during the Motion of Sine Die on Monday, Mr Garu urged the country to trust the work of the police.…
PROVINCIAL premiers and the Deputy Mayor of Honiara City have strongly repeated their call on the National Government to allocate adequate resources to strengthen the revenue collection capacity of provincial governments. The provincial leaders resounded the call on day two of the 9th Premier’s Conference currently underway in Auki, Malaita Province, following presentations by a…
A FORMER Councillor of Peace and Monitoring Council Casper Joseph Fa’asala calls on responsible authorities to reactivate the police post at AvuAvu. He made the appeal in response to recent incidents of rape and murder in the Weathercoast area of Guadalcanal. Mr Fa’asalas aid this issues and conflicts will never stop; it has been going…
USP holds back students’ grades due to arrears By SIMON ABANA HUNDREDS of government-sponsored students’ final grades are on-hold due to unpaid arrears incurred in semester two of the 2017 academic year. Severely hit are students studying at the University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Laucala and Honiara campuses. USP released semester two grades this…
Vietnamese man skips meal in protest By TEDDY KAFO A VIETNAMESE National Van Thang Nguyen went on hunger strike at the Rove police cell, West Honiara since the weekend. A well placed source within the Correctional Services told the Solomon Star that the Vietnam man refused to eat his daily meals provided to him at…