Eight accepted for UN, RSIPF to finalise

EIGHT police officers have been accepted to take up peace keeping mission this year under United Nation. And Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will have to finalise the numbers. Speaking during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing, Deputy Police Commissioner Junita Matanga revealed that eight applicants were approved for this year by the United…

SATU REMOVED

Civil Aviation director kicked out after shocking audit revelation CIVIL Aviation director George Satu has been removed after a special audit found he mishandled a funding facility he has been managing. An Aviation staffer confirmed this after the audit, carried out by the Office of the Auditor General, found the abuse and mismanagement of the…

Trial date set for Ale, Toluko

A TENTATIVE date to hear evidences on the case of two people accused of involving in stealing more than $130,000 from the ANZ bank in 2013, has been fixed, Tuesday. Principal Magistrate Ricky Iomea set down October 30 to November 3 for the trial on the case of Lonsdale Ale and Elma Toluko. These two…

Police prosecution warned

A HONIARA Magistrate has warned the police prosecution that he will strike off an attempted rape matter if they fail to appear in court on August 22. Principal Magistrate Augustine Aulanga issued the warning yesterday when mentioning the matter of Eddie Paul in the absence of the police prosecution who are in carriage of this…

Juvenile’s sentence today

A 17-YEAR-OLD juvenile who broke into a house in Honiara and stole valuable properties will be sentenced today in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court. This was after the juvenile, who could not be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to one count of house break-in, Tuesday. His matter was mentioned yesterday in a closed court before…

Closing submission in murder inquiry

THE Court will today continue to hear the closing submissions on the case of the men accused of the murder of a man at Auki, Malaita, in 2015. Only one defence counsel has managed to complete his submissions. Principal Magistrate Augustine Aulanga also has another trial to preside over yesterday and therefore did not complete…

TARD games underway

The Tobaita Association for Research and Development (TARD) annual free Christmas games has kicked off in Malu’u station, North Malaita early this week. Speaking to Star Sports in Auki on Tuesday a member of TARD Wale Rilifia said teams from villages in the Tobaita region are currently competing. Sports played in this tournament included seven-a-side…

$10M health scandal

ACCOUNTANT ARRESTED POLICE on Tuesday arrested and charged a former senior accountant in the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in connection to the missing $10 million within the ministry. Randy Hatigeva of Renbel Province appeared in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court on 10 counts of false pretense and released on $10,000 cash bail. This is…

“We lost everything”

Zinnia grabbed her one-year old baby and ran for the door after the magnitiude 7.8 earthquake struck in the early hours of Friday morning. Before they could escape, the brick door structure collapsed. When the door was clear, she continued and another structure collapsed just where they had been standing. Thankfully they were not injured,…