EVIDENCE of the woman accused of obtaining more than $40, 000 from a businessman under false pretence has been completed Friday. Cathy Roy will be calling two other witnesses which the court will hear their evidences on Tuesday next week. She is standing trial for one count of conversion and five counts of false pretence…
A MAN accused of sexually abusing his wife’s 11-year-old niece in their family home will appear again at the Honiara Magistrates Court on September 9. This was for the accused to follow up on his request for a lawyer from the Public Solicitor’s Office. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the…
Newly bought ship heading here run aground in Fiji A TONGAN registered marine vessel heading to the Solomons ran aground in Fiji and remained stuck there since last weekend. The ship was believed to be the one purchased by Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) Constituency through an agent in Honiara. Reports from Fiji said the vessel, MV Sitka,…
A $1.5 MILLION modern health facility was officially unveiled at Batuna Adventist Vocational School in Marovo, Western province on Wednesday. Called the Batuna Memorial clinic, the project comes under the Adopt a Clinic health program of the Seventh Day Adventist church in the pacific. The initiative to establish a clinic at Batuna was born out…
CENTRAL islands province will receive $4million in funding after they qualified for the Government’s Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) 2016. Provincial premier, Patrick Vasuni said this in an interview with the Solomon Star, Thursday. “It is indeed a big achievement for Central islands province to qualify for this money,” Mr Vasuni said. He said that…
THE Central Islands provincial speaker, John Bosamata, is appealing to everyone in the province to work together with the newly elected premier Patrick Vasuni to move the province forward. Mr Bosamata said that it is good that everyone must work in unity to serve the interest of the province. “I want to appeal to everyone…
THE newly elected Central provincial premier Patrick Vasuni will announce his executive line-up next week. Speaking to the paper MrVasuni said, at the moment he is still doing consultation amongst his members. “It is quite challenging for me to select who to take the portfolios seeing that nine members are supporting the motion,” Mr Vasuni…
CHIEFS across the country have expressed their desire to be part of the modern governance system. Up to 10 chiefs representing the nine provinces expressed this when they met the Minister for National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace, Samson Maneka, in Honiara on Wednesday. “We wanted chiefs as traditional leaders to be recognized in our modern…
REPRESENTATIVES of political parties have gathered to discuss electoral systems which could be adopted in the Solomon Islands. Leadership of all registered political parties meet at the Heritage Park Hotel yesterday to discuss how different electoral systems could work in the Solomon Islands context. Chairman of the Political Parties Commission Sir Paul Tovua opened the…
MEMBERS of Parliament have completed a two-day dialogue on electoral systems that could be adopted in Solomon Islands. Closing the dialogue, Prime Minster Manasseh Sogavare said that the meeting gave MPs an opportunity to discuss the complex issue of the voting system in detail. “Parliament is a very formal setting, so we decided to have…