The Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) has called on the acting commissioner of police Ms Juanita Matanga to let the court to decide on the case of Walter Kola’s recent involvement in a traffic accident. MMF president Charles Dausabea said it is enough to try and blind the people of this nation about the internal investigations.…
A man accused of hurling an ignited dynamite explosive at another man at Fox Wood area in East Guadalcanal in 2012, will be standing trial today in the High Court. Mariano Besa is facing one count of attempted murder and another of criminal trespass. His trial was listed to start on Monday but was however…
Thousands flee to hilltops after earthquake, tsunami warning THOUSANDS of Honiara residents evacuated to the higher grounds after a 7.4 underwater earthquake caused havoc and fear which led a late tsunami warning. The quake struck before midnight, Sunday night. Following quake and tsunami warning men, women, children loaded up both public and private vehicles and…
The mother who allegedly buried alive her new born baby in a shallow grave last year at Kaibia, Honiara is still without a lawyer. The Public Solicitor’s Office will soon allocate a lawyer for Nelly Waitai, 34, and instructions will be obtained before May 12. Ms Waitai appeared in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court and her…
The ruling on the voir dire hearing (trial within a trial) on the former Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) employee who allegedly stole more than a million dollars of muted notes from the Bank has been deferred. This was because the presiding judge is not available as he is currently on medical leave. He…
Patients at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara have to be evacuated to the Forum Fisheries Agency headquarter at Kola Ridge following the tsunami warning yesterday morning. More than 100 patients were evacuated by health authorities when the tsunami warning was issued after the 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits at 7.15 am yesterday morning near…
The National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) has reported no casualties or damages from the magnitude 7.6 quake and tsunami that struck the coastal villages of mainland Makira and islands on Sunday morning. The undersea earthquake followed by a tsunami had forced thousands of people in many parts of the country living in the coastal areas…
Palm Sunday services at some of the main churches in the city were disrupted after their congregation fled to higher grounds for safety when the tsunami warning was aired. Reports reaching the paper said congregations of some of the main churches in the city ran out of the early morning service to the nearby hills…
A second tsunami warning was issued late last night after another powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck at 11.35pm, located near 111 km South of Kirakira, at a depth of 20 kilometres. Downgraded from a previously reported strength of 7.7, the quake prompted hundreds to flee their homes. Residents in Makira province where…
“I understand your pain and I am with those who have lost family members, relatives and friends”, said Australian Senator Brett Mason as he spoke to the disaster victims at Don Bosco Technical Institute, Henderson on Friday. Andrew Byrne, Australian High Commissioner, Sue Connell, Head of DFAT-Australian AID in the Solomon Islands and others accompanied…