THE Honiara City Council (HCC) Acting Mayor, Robert Oge, has called on other illegal markets within the city for mutual cooperation with HCC as is the case of the Fishing Village Market. The call was purposely made for illegal market operators in the capital to support HCC initiatives to make it a clean city just…
THE new Malaita Premier, Martin Fini, on Friday held his first ever meeting with the Malaita Provincial Government Heads of Divisions. During the meeting, Premier Fini told Heads of Divisions to shift their minds from the recent political issues and continue to work. He also used the occasion to update Heads of Divisions on matters…
THE Auditor General (AG) has issued a special thematic audit report calling on the Government to strengthen procurement processes after compliance audits of three key ministries uncovered a series of problematic procurement practices in their management of $90-million worth of COVID19 response funds. Speaking at a press conference in Honiara on Wednesday, the Auditor General,…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Kirakira Police Station have uprooted more than 20 plus marijuana plants in Central Makira-Ulawa Province last week. It is alleged that a male person in his 50’s with his wife are farming marijuana plants as a source of income. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Makira-Ulawa Province, Superintendent Peter…
Unlicensed firearms possessor to return to court THE matter of a man accused of possessing a World War II rifle and ammunition without a firearm licence in 2021 will return to court next week. That is for Pre-Trial Conference. Iro Kwaita is facing one count of possession of firearm or ammunition without licence, to which,…
The New Malaita Executive Government under the leadership of Premier Martin Fini vows to remove the Auki Communique THE Auki Communique, long regarded as the signature policy of the MARA administration and a stumbling block to economic development on Malaita, is to be shelved, sources within the new administration have confirmed. The removal of the…
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has hosted 21 police officers from the Asia-Pacific region who completed a pre-deployment training course for United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions. The officers from Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Vietnam and Canada completed two-weeks of training at the Australian Institute of Police Management in…
Ongoing road maintenance works are scheduled on nightshifts to avoid clogging the city traffic during the day. A statement from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) today confirmed that the three contracting companies selected to carry out maintenance works have agreed to this schedule following a meeting with MID Minister Hon. Manasseh Maelanga last week.…
A BAIL application will be made today for the bus driver accused of hitting an elderly woman who was crossing the Kukum Highway, Honiara, last year. Patrick Maetalulu is facing trial for one count of Causing Death by Reckless Driving. His matter has been listed for today before Principal Magistrate, Leonard Chite, for a bail…
The Pacific Games National Hosting Authority (NHA) has confirmed the launching of the Safe Green Games initiative scheduled for 3 March 2023. The grand launching programme marks the beginning of beautification and clean-up activities within the entire Honiara City in the build-up towards the 2023 Pacific Games in November. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is scheduled…