A MAN who stood trial for breaching the curfew on April 11 at Kukum in Honiara has been acquitted of the offence. This was after Principal Magistrate Fatima Taeburi found that the crown has failed to prove that the areas of Kukum and Mbua Valley are within Honiara as defined in the Emergency Powers (Covid-19)…
ALL passengers that arrived on the flight from Guangzhou, China to Honiara last week Wednesday 2nd September 2020 are now in their respective quarantine stations under strict conditions. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirmed this at his weekly nation-wide address yesterday. “All 104 passengers that arrived from Guangzhou since arrival have now been quarantined at their…
Malaita public protest removal of PS, demand his reinstatement within 24 hours By WILSON SAENI Auki Newsroom Bureau THE move by the government to recall Malaita Provincial Secretary (PS) Fredrick Fa’abasua back to Honiara has sparked a peaceful protest at the Malaita provincial capital of Auki yesterday morning. At the same time, there were demands…
Member of Parliament for East Are’are, and Opposition MP, Hon. Peter Kenilorea Jr. has lashed out at what he described as an attempt by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) to tarnish his intentions to return the $600 approved by Cabinet, in the name of the Economic Stimulus Package. “Perhaps the…
A CONCERNED Malaita woman is calling on wives of police officers to be responsible and show respect to their husbands, especially in public. Alice Mae made the call after witnessing a wife of a police officer arguing and uttering swearing words at her husband who is a police officer in public recently in Auki. Mrs.…
PARLIAMENT on Thursday adjourned its sitting to Monday 9 November 2020 after passing the 2019 Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2020 and the 2020 Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2020. Speaking during the adjournment on the floor of Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said that the major business of the current sitting has been achieved and that is the…
His Excellency Li Ming, First Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) accredited to the Solomon Islands arrived in Honiara Wednesday night. Ambassador Ming was warmly received by senior SIG officials, the local Chinese community, and Embassy staff at the airport, a statement from PRC embassy office in Honiara said. In a written media…
PRIME Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare says the government at this stage does not intend to bring the 2021 budget to the house as yet this year for very obvious reasons. Sogavare made the statement after the parliament passed the 2019 Appropriation Bill 2020 and the 2020 Appropriation Bill 2020 in parliament yesterday. He said there…
COMMUNITIES in the far Western border of Shortland Islands are currently experiencing food shortage due to the closure of the Western border caused by COVID-19. This was discovered by a team from the Western Provincial Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock during their visit last week to the Shortland Islands. Speaking to the paper an interview…
THE Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the government is not in any way politicising the Taimareho sea (T27) tragedy as reported in the media, Thursday. He made this statement when he moved the motion of special adjournment in parliament yesterday. It was reported that the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Are’Are Constituency has recently…