Child abuser faces jail

A MAN who sexually abused a two-year-old girl at a settlement in Honiara in March will be sentenced in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court on June 27. This was after mitigation and sentencing submissions were made on Friday. Principal Magistrate Augustine Aulanga has other cases to tend to and therefore had the matter adjourn for sentencing.…

Tovosia, Veke trial to resume Monday

THE TRIAL on the case of the Member of Parliament for East Guadalcanal Bradley Tovosia and Guadalcanal Premier Anthony Veke will resume Monday next week. This was because lawyer representing Tovosia, Nuatali Tongarutu, was feeling unwell  and therefore could not stand in for the trial yesterday. Public Prosecutor Andie Driu though not objecting to the…

New recruits out on assignments

THE first batch of the 2016 police recruit has been sent out to a number of areas within Honiara City. This is mainly for the officers to gain first-hand experience on their roles and responsibilities as police officers. Deputy Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga during the weekly police conference on Thursday said they are trying to…

Students heading home from PNG

THE government is repatriating its student from Papua New Guinea starting today due to the ongoing boycott of classes and other disturbances there. This followed a decision the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the High Commission office in Moresby, made on Friday. The situation in three Papua New Guinea universities –…

Business training for Tina hydro landowners

NINE individuals from Tina Hydro landholding tribes completed a business training organised for them, Friday. Solomon Islands Small Business Enterprise Centre (SISBEC) conducted the training to educate resource owners business and investment opportunities. The five-day business training ended with presentation of certificates. Among the nine trainees are four women, all of whom came from the…

Road carnage

Two dead, one in critical condition TWO students are dead and the third in critical condition after their vehicle crashed in the Foxwood area of east Honiara, in the early hours of yesterday. Police say the students are of Don Bosco College. “The vehicle they are travelling is a RAV4 and was on high speed,”…

$100M school project nears completion

THE Government, through the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), will soon complete a nationwide school infrastructure project valued at $100 million. The project, which comprised of new classroom buildings and the renovation of existing ones, was implemented in 2015 and 2016 is expected to be completed by June 30 before being handed…

Claire ends her term here

CLAIRE Cochrane arrived in the Solomon Islands in 2013, ready to make a difference in her new role as Counsellor Governance at the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands. Three years later, she is concluding her posting as the Acting Deputy High Commissioner and Minister Counsellor Development and having contributed significantly to improvements in the…

New weather station at Tingoa

A NEW weather station will be commission at Tingoa, Renbel Province, next week. This project is a component of the DCC Government’s strategic policy on expanding the country’s Observational Network for early warning services for the country. Being the first to be officially commissioned in the province, it will provide vital weather information for the…