12 JULY, 2021. BREAKING NEWS
Victim speaks of how his hand was sliced at crowded food bar IT was a daylight senseless criminal act. A prominent chief and tribal leader from Rennell arrived last Saturday in Honiara from his home village and landed in hospital the same day. His arm was sliced with a sharp knife when he was having…
THE Political Party Integrity Act does not infringe on constitutional rights, says John Muria Jnr. Muria Jnr, representing the Attorney General Chambers, stressed this when he presented his submission in defence to the PPI Act in High Court on Monday. Solomon Islands Democratic Party (SIDP), which has refused to register under the Act, took the…
WITH less than a week before the country goes into poll, Auki, Malaita Province has witnessed mass arrival of voters and supporters flooding in from Honiara on ships. Voters started arriving in huge numbers since last week. Over the past days Auki has witnessed ships being loaded with people most of the voters and supporters…
WEDNESDAY next week – 19th November has been declared a public holiday due to the election. Caretaker Minister for Home Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga has declared. A statement from the Electoral Commission said, the public holiday will not cover the several days that some people may need in order to vote in…
The Political Parties Commission says three political parties have fielded over 30 candidates to contest the November 19 National General Elections. They are the United Democratic Party, the People’s Alliance Party and the National Transformation Party of Solomon Islands. Twelve political parties have registered to contest the seats in the 50-member National Parliament. Meanwhile, the…
The President of the Youth Own Urban-Rural Party, Jonathan Zama is appealing for the support of youth voters in the November 19th National Elections. He said youths of both genders should support his party because it’s focus is based mainly on empowering them to take active part in advancing the national economy and ensuring a…
TWO hundred and seventy-four (274) intending candidates have been nominated to contest the 33 seats for the Malaita provincial assembly next month. Returning Officer for MalaitaProvince Thomas Puahanikeni confirmed this after nominations closed at 4pmyesterday. He said that total number is for the whole province. Mr Puahanikeni revealed that list of provincial candidates and their…
About 160 candidates have been nominated to contest the 21 seats of the Guadalcanal Provincial (GP) Assembly election on 10th December. At the close of nominations 4.30pm yesterday, Returning Officer, Charles Sisimia, confirmed that out of 198 forms being issued 160 nominations were received at the close of nomination. Out of the 160 candidates, 150…
COMMONWEALTH Observer Group warns members in the community to give free access to candidates to do their campaigning in their respective constituencies. This came after reports that former Members of Parliament (MP) were chased and banned from campaigning in certain communities around the country ahead of the polling day on November 19. Chairman of the…
OUTCOME of today’s High Court decision on the case challenging the constitutionality of the Political Parties Integrity Act (PPIA) will not affect the national general elections. Attorney General Billy Titiulu made the comments in an interview with the Solomon Star on Wednesday. Mr Titiulu said whatever the outcome may be, it will not affect the…