TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands has announced that staff from its Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC) will be visiting Auki in Malaita Province on the 14th and 16th of September 2015. In a statement, ALAC Legal Officer, Joy Abia said that the visit will provide residents of Auki and surrounding communities with an opportunity to learn…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare was among other regional leaders who were officially welcomed to the 46th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Summit in Port Moresby on Monday night. Mr Sogavare is attending the Summit with a 16-member delegation which is currently underway in Port Moresby. Governor of Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District Powes Parkop…
NO pre-trial conference has been conducted on Tuesday on the case of the Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal Bradley Tovosia and former Guadalcanal Premier Anthony Veke. This was because the two accused and their lawyers, Nuatali Tongarutu of ANT Legal Service and Anderson Kesaka of DNS & Partners, did not turn up in court.…
A WOMAN accused of stealing $3,800 from a man in 2013 at Point Cruz, Honiara, has confessed to the offence, Tuesday. The sentencing submissions and mitigation on her case will be made in court on September 10. Cathy Kerea of Central Province entered her guilty to the charge of larceny from a person before Magistrate…
POLICE are still investigating the case of the man accused of breaking into the Police Commissioner’s office at Rove last month. Police prosecutor John Palmer told the court on Monday the accused’s file has been returned to investigators. He however, assured the court he will serve disclosures as soon as prosecution received the file. Principal…
THE court has sentenced a man who assaulted his sister in-law and then attacked his brother with a knife last year in Guadalcanal to a total of one year, six months imprisonment, yesterday. Jerrial Manehahia pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful wounding and one count of common assault. The court heard on 22 August…
FIVE men who are facing numerous charges in relation to alleged armed robberies in Honiara this year will take their pleas on September 21. The court had heard on Monday that disclosures were already served to the Public Solicitor lawyers representing the accused men. However, one of the accused Frank Firimolea has changed lawyers and…
A FATHER of four who assaulted his cousin brother at Yandina, Central Province in 2013, was sentenced to six months imprisonment, Tuesday. However, since Walton Fakari, 24,had already served about nine to 10 months in custody while waiting for his matter to be finalised, he was released at the rising of the court. Magistrate Fatima…
THE visiting youth ambassadors from the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan has performed a remarkable 90 minutes performance in front of more than 2,000 spectators at the Maranatha Hall, Tuesday. This was during the launching of “ROC (Taiwan) Cultural Day Festival” which saw the youth group showcasing all aspects of modern ROC (Taiwan) — its…
A PRIVATE firm in Honiara BOC has made a kind donation to the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara. BOC, the world’s largest supplier of industrial and medical gases and a member of the line group donated cylinder safety and wall brackets to the hospital. According to the BOC County Manager Nick Rolf, he said,…