THE trial of a man accused of obtaining $4,000 from three university students with false promises of Solomon Islands Government (SIG) Scholarship awards got underway on Friday. The defendant Donald Keso is facing trial for three counts of False Pretence. His trial was listed to start at 9am before Chief Magistrate Emma Garo on Friday.…
The New Zealand Police have deployed two new advisors to the Solomon Islands under the Solomon Islands Police Support Programme (SIPSP) recently and will be here for a year. The advisors will work alongside the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) colleagues as part of the National Crime Prevention Department. The NZ advisors support and…
Gold-buying outlets in Honiara remain open for business despite a three-month moratorium approved by the Cabinet last month. The Ministry of Mines, Energy, and Rural Electrification (MMERE) imposed the moratorium in response to continued gold purchases from illegal miners at the Gold Ridge mining operation in Central Guadalcanal. According to an officer from the Mines…
A YOUNG woman has pleaded guilty of dumping her newborn baby in a trash beside her home. This after she delivered her baby in the bedroom by herself. The 19 year-old entered her guilty plea to the charge of Concealing Birth of a Child when she appeared on Friday in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court. Following…
The design team for the China-funded Auki Tar Seal Project paid a visit to Malaita Premier Elijah Asilau last week. They joined the survey team from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), which has been on the ground conducting survey work that is expected to last for two weeks. Upon their arrival, the design team…
FORM six students of Jones Adventist College (JAC) located in North Vella, Western Province have been encouraged to place their trust in God so that they can face the world out there once they leave high school. The encouraging message was shared by Pr Steve Aquilla, Youth Director of the Solomon Islands Mission (SIM) of…
Twenty (20) senior government officials from across the Solomon Islands Government recently attended the Master of Business Administration (MBA) short course in Australia to enhance their leadership and management skills. This is the third cohort from Solomon Islands that Australia has supported this year. To date, officials from 15 national and provincial government agencies have…
MALAITA Province is qualified again for the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) program after a two-year hiatus. A recent report indicated that the province had previously failed to meet three minimum conditions. These included the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) failure to scrutinize the 2020-2021 Audit Report within 21 days of receiving the audit opinion, issues related to procurement and outstanding payments for…
A TOTAL of $199million discretionary exemptions from January to end of September 2024 were granted by the Minister of Finance to individuals and companies, the Opposition Office has claimed. Opposition Leader Matthew Wale has lashed out at this new information describing it as ‘outrageous and reckless’. This new information has come to light after a…
The Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele has acknowledged the outgoing Director-General of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Dr. Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen, for her outstanding contributions to the FFA over the last two decades. Prime Minister Manele acknowledged Dr. Manu, as she is affectionately known, during a farewell dinner hosted by the Office of the Prime Minister…