Manetoali denies diverting $100,000

OUTGOING Member of Parliament for Gao/Bugotu, Samuel Manetoali on Tuesday denied diverting $100,000 of constituency fund for his own use. Manetoali pleaded not guilty to the 17 charges of conversion against him before Principal Magistrate Fatima Taeburi. The defence lawyer, Evans Olofia, thereafter put the court on notice of their intention to apply for leave…

CABLE PROJECT STARTS

‘Cheaper, higher quality and reliable internet coming soon By ANDREW FANASIA Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has joined Caretaker Prime Minister Rick Hou in a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the commencement of the next phase of Coral Sea Cable System construction in Honiara, Tuesday. The ground breaking ceremony took place at Coral Sea Cable System…

APRIL 3

  Polling date set By IAN KAUKUI SOLOMON Islanders will go to the polls on April 3. Governor General Sir Frank Kabui announced the date in an official proclamation yesterday. Electoral Office Chief Electoral Officer Mose Saitala said in the next seven days, Returning Officers will publish notice of the national general election date in…

Call for waste management improvement

PERMANENT Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Dr Melchior Mataki says waste management in Solomon Islands really needs a lot of improvements. Mataki highlighted this during the recent Commonwealth Marine Litter Programme (CLiP) workshop in Honiara. He said waste management needs improvement and it needs everybody’s support as…

Two died in logging accident

POLICE in Guadalcanal are investigating a fatal logging accident involving two men at the Vavale Logging Camp in East Central Guadalcanal on 2 February 2019. The accident involved a Malaysian national who worked as a bulldozer operator and a local Solomon Islander who worked as a crew at the logging camp. Supervising Provincial Police Commander…

In Court with Assumpta Buchanan

* Alleged rapist remanded* Court to rule on robbery case* Shoplifter arrested, charged Alleged rapist remanded A MAN has been remanded yesterday for allegedly raping a 16 year-old in a cocoa plantation at Tenaru area, Guadalcanal. Francis Bule was brought to the Honiara Magistrates’ Court yesterday where he was remanded in custody, for the next…

HOPE FOR YOUTHS

THERE is still hope for our young unemployed youths as the Caretaker Prime Minister launched his government’s two key policy initiatives to address youth unemployment. Mr Rick Hou on Monday launched the National Youth Data-base system and the labour Mobility Policy and Strategy, in a Press Conference at the Prime Minister’s Office, in Honiara.  The…