The High Court to hand down decision on the on strike out application for the strike out of the challenge to the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2022 this morning THE Government will know today whether its application to strike out the challenge to its controversial Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2022 is successful. Chief Justice Sir Albert…
SECONDARY school students who have been identified by the Labour Mobility Unit Work Ready Pool (WRP) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) for aged care jobs in Australia have to pass a compulsory test provided by the APTC in Honiara. After passing the Language and Numeracy test, they will undertake the…
CHURCHES and the state must work together to address the many social issues affecting young people in the society. And the presence of the churches at the community level is important to support the youth population to make the right decisions in their lives. This was highlighted by the Western Provincial Premier Billy Veo last…
BUILDING new public toilets for the 17th Pacific Games in Honiara will be impossible given the hurdles of land and finance but existing facilities can be upgraded for use. That’s according to Honiara City Council Clerk Justus Deni during the Iumi Sol2023 talkback show on the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) on Sunday. He was…
MALAITA Province is seeing a big number of Malaitans living in Honiara back in the province since last week for the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) which started yesterday. Reports have it that some of registrants who have a busy schedule and want to get their registration done as soon as possible were the first to…
THE three men who were accused of masterminding the November 2021 riot in Honiara will face trial next month. The trial will start on 9 October. Simon Mannie, John Kwaita and Knoxley Atu are facing trial for two counts of managing unlawful society, one count of sedition, two counts of unlawful assembly and seven counts…
A MAN has been sentenced to two years in prison for attacking three people with a Chainsaw chain in May 2022 in Tulagi, Central Province. Marvin Parina, 35, has been found guilty after a trial of one count of Unlawful Wounding and two counts of Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm. When sentencing Parina, Principal Magistrate…
LEADER of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has called on the Police Commissioner to come clean following an Al Jazeera report that the ‘replica’ firearms supplied by China to the RSIPF were actually real firearms. Hon. Wale said this new information has undermined the Commissioner’s earlier claims that the firearms that were brought into the country…
THE Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale has strongly urged the Government to expedite the execution of its approved borrowing plans. Mr Wale made the call in response to the Minister of Finance’s disclosure about the current precarious status of Government approved borrowings in Parliament today. He stated that the sluggish delays in securing approved borrowings…
THE National Traffic Department of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have commenced pre games operations in the lead up to the Pacific Games. Coordinator Operations PG23 Planning Team, Inspector Bryan Erekali said the purpose of the operation is to prepare the public of Solomon Islands for the new changes to the road infrastructure…