Member of the Western Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Ward 16, Dunde/Nusa Roviana, Hon. Jeff Wickham, has welcomed the appointment of a new Legal Specialist to the Western Provincial Government (WPG), describing it as a long-overdue development that will strengthen governance and legal compliance across the province. Hon. Wickham, who made the remarks during last week’s Western Provincial…
A RULING on the no-case- to- answer submission made for Malaita Provincial Assembly Member for West Baegu-Fataleka Ward and a former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani and his political adviser Celsius Talifilu, will be delivered in court on October 20. Suidani and Talifilu each face two counts of Unlawful Assembly, relating to alleged protests and unlawful…
Fatboys Resort has now launched its new Dive Centre in Gizo, Western Province – a significant step in growing Solomon Islands’ dive tourism industry. Fatboys has long been ranked one of the best tourism operators in Solomon Islands on TripAdvisor by its growing numbers of international tourists. The resort has now moved into dive tourism,…
Man arrested for burning down permanent house in Malaita Auki Police have arrested a 36-year-old male suspect for burning down a permanent house at Faubulu village in east Kwara’ae, Malaita province. Police arrested the suspect on 10 October 2025 after he escaped to a village in central Kwara’ae. The burning incident also happened on the…
A MAN who assaulted a Bangladeshi inside his shop in the Mokolo Building at Lord Howe settlement in Centra Honiara is likely to take his plea this week. Willie Lui, 27, is facing one count of Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm. It was heard in court last week that Lui’s lawyer made a proposal to the prosecution to…
MORE than a hundred patients from various parts of Western Province have turned up at Gizo Hospital this week to receive treatment from the visiting Eye Specialist Team from the Regional Eye Centre, National Referral Hospital (NRH), under the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS). The team began seeing patients and operations on Monday. Within two days,…
A 54-YEAR-OLD man described by the court as an “all-time risk” to his community has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his niece in front of her children in 2021 in Makira-Ulawa Province. Deputy Chief Justice Rex Faukona handed down the sentence recently, ordering that one and a half month be deducted…
TWO men have been found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old girl at Temela in the Reef Islands, Temotu Province in 2022. Submissions on the minimum term they will serve in prison before they are considered for parole will be made tomorrow. John Tealava, 73, and Patrick Paikai 55, were convicted on Saturday of the murder…
NATIONAL Referral Hospital has recorded an alarming increase in attendances and admissions in NCDs at the tertiary hospital level in 2023. Minister of Health and Medical Services, Dr Paul Popora Bosawai confirmed in Parliament yesterday that this pattern starts at the primary and secondary care level of the health care system of the country. The…
A MAN has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to raping his 14-year-old nephew in his bedroom in Honiara in 2024. The 43-year-old man who could not be named to protect the victim’s identity was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to one count of rape. Justice John Keniapisia, when imposing sentence,…