SOLOMON Islands communities and residents in Australia have begun packing and putting together goods to send to flood victims in Honiara. Speaking to Solomon Star from Brisbane, Maxine Kake, who was part of the Solomon Islands Brisbane Community who had already raised $4787.58 (SBD) through a concert performance by local boyband DMP, said that they…
THE Public Solicitor’s Office (PSO) has been requested to give explanations as to why its lawyers have not visited and provide legal representation to remandees at the Rove Correctional Centre. Principal Magistrate Jim Seuika made the request on Wednesday when presiding over criminal cases in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court. This was after two accused facing…
AUSTRALIA dispatched a team of 33 police officers last night to help secure Gold Ridge mine site as operators St Barbara reportedly abandoned the mine in the wake of last week’s flood disaster. The officers came at the request of Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo, who was at the airport to meet them on arrival.…