A senior government officer within the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has been suspended over allegations of mismanagement of over seventy-thousand ($70,000) in public funds. The move was part of the current reforms that the ministry is undertaking to strengthen the organization’s governance with the resolute commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity and…
DPM Maelanga greets China’s Peace Ark, says it brings message of peace and hope ARK PEACE – the largest in China’s Navy Hospital Ship fleet – has begun conducting free medical clinics in communities in Honiara, following its arrival last Saturday. Deputy Prime Minister, Manasseh Maelanga, officially welcomed the visit at a ceremony at Berth…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Vice Chancellor, Professor Transform Aqorau, has announced the termination of the contracts of the final three staff members involved in the Wakaman Inc printing scandal. Professor Aqorau last Friday announced the termination of Estee Lonamei, Glen Hunt and Chanson Resture, who were the final three to be terminated for…
WITH the unbated rise of the earth’s temperate and consequential sea-level rise, this climate change phenomena are the biggest threat to the movement of Solomon Islands tuna stocks out of the country. That’s according to the Minister of the Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC), Rexson Ramofafia, when speaking during a joint Climate…
A CASE involving four men from Choiseul Province who were charged with sexual offences was heard by the High Court Circuit in in Gizo, Western Province, last week. The matter went before High Court Judge, Justice Ronald Bei Talasasa, last Monday during his High Court Gizo Circuit hearings. The court was told the four accused…
THE Government of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) yesterday handed over the 2023 Pacific Games Stadium project to the Solomon Islands Government. The handing ceremony was held at the national sports stadium at the King George Sixth Westend Sports Park. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in his address described the handing over as another piece…
A TOP level delegation from the United States has left Honiara without seeing Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare – an experience which left a delegation member feeling ‘what it’s like to be treated as a leper.’ Representative woman, Amata Coleman Radewagen and Congressman, Republican Neal Dunn, left for Port Moresby on Wednesday after staying an extra…
TWO police officers on trial for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old boy at the Watchhouse at the Central Police Station in Honiara in 2020 will return to the Honiara Magistrate Court today. This is for the continuation of their trial before Principal Magistrate, Fatima Taeburi. Lawrence Moli and John Tatal are on trial for one count…
A MAN has been sentenced to 18-months in prison recently for erecting a roadblock within the vicinity of the Henderson Police Station during the November 2021 riot. Rubenson Kedi was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to one count of Obstructing a Police Officer at a previous court date. Chief Magistrate, Emma Garo, when sentencing Kedi…
The PG2023 National Hosting Authority (NHA) clarified today that the handing over ceremony for the National Stadium and other facilities to the Solomon Islands Government by the Government of the Peoples Republic of China on Friday 18 August is a limited event for invited guests. NHA Chair Dr. Jimmie Rodgers made the clarification following public…