Two suspects arrested for murder in Santa Isabel

Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Buala Police Station in Isabel Province have arrested and remanded two-murder suspects recently. Acting Director National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), Superintendent Michael Bole says, “Both male suspects are in their 20s and the deceased in this case a 17-years-old male person.” Acting Director Superintendent Bole…

MV Taimareho trip to Auki set

OF all passenger shipping vessels servicing Malaita Province, MV Taimareho is the first passenger shipping vessel to have confirmed its resumption of service along the Honiara-Auki route. Many Malaitans who have been stranded in Honiara for the past two months since the declaration of covid-19 community transmission in the country which leads to the restriction…

West wants ‘mask wearing’ mandatory

WESTERN Provincial Government (WPG) is planning on to request the Government to gazette an order to ensure wearing of masks becomes mandatory in the province. This was revealed by the Western Provincial Disaster Committee (PDC) Chairman Jeffrey Wickham. This proposal was agreed on after a meeting was held between the PDC and Provincial Health Emergency…

Couple to face court again, Mar 21

THE case of a couple accused of collaborating to rape a girl in Ngella, Central Islands Province will be brought again before the High Court on March 21 for mention. George Solopoto and his wife Elizabeth Koka are facing the charge of compelled sexual intercourse. A trial was already conducted before Justice Leonard Maina and…