A third accused is now in custody following the alleged robbery of the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) at the Kwaimani Building in East Honiara last month. Dilo Faiga joins security officer Joe Silas and the driver of the car used in the alleged robbery, Saverio Sulimae in custody. He surrendered himself to police and was…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo pledged to pursue the West Papua issue through Solomon Islands’ newly establish diplomatic office in Indonesia. When asked on Friday on arrival from his recent overseas leg of visits about the West Papua issue, Mr Lilo said the Solomon Islands – Indonesia bilateral relationship is a platform to ensuring misinformation…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo will be pushing for effective cooperation with the United States. Speaking during a press conference upon his arrival from his recent overseas leg of visits, Mr Lilo said he was looking forward to talking to the US Secretary of State John Kerry about effective cooperation, when Mr Kerry visits the…
One of the three men accused of the murder of a man at Kolobangara in Western Province has been committed on Friday to stand trial in the High Court. This followed a short form preliminary inquiry conducted on the case of accused Henry Kabolo in the Honiara Magistrate Court. His co-accused Reuben Kabolo and Tana…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has described failure after vigorous attempts to get Solomon Islands Jimmy Rodgers for the top Pacific Islands Forum job ‘unfortunate’. Speaking to journalists after his arrival from his recent leg of visits overseas, Mr Lilo said the country pushed really hard for a Solomon Islander to hold the top post.…
The sentencing of a man who raped a student at Western Province in 2010 has been deferred to next week. This was because the accused was not brought over to Honiara from Gizo. The court heard on Thursday from the defence that there was delay in the funding to bring the accused to Honiara. As…
A father who admitted he had sexual intercourse with his eldest daughter and attempted to rape his other daughter will be sentenced in the High Court. Principal Magistrate Jim Seuika has committed the 41-year-old father from Isabel, to the High Court on Friday. The father of six who cannot be named to protect his daughters’…
Parliament is scheduled to begin its final meeting on the August 13, before the House dissolves on September 8, 2014. The “Family Protection Bill 2014” is before the House and the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) will conduct its inquiry into it starting Monday. The Bill aims to provide for the protection of families from…
A shelter strategy has been developed to address the housing needs of those affected by last year’s earthquake and tsunami disaster. “The strategy looks at rebuilding and repairing eligible houses that were completely or partially destroyed during last year’s disaster,” said Ministry of Infrastructure and Development Director of Architecture and Building Division Patterson Fakavai. “It…
They said nothing good would ever come out of East Fataleka … development or otherwise. So much so that after a series of mishaps involving Asian and local loggers, even they have decided to keep away from the area. But one group, rather two, have set out to prove the critics wrong. In the last…