A student currently studying Catechist at the Nazareth Apostolic Centre (NAC) in Central Guadalcanal has been arrested and charged for a murder incident that occurred last week. Guadalcanal Police (GP) carried out the arrest and apprehended the suspect, a statement from Police Media Unit said. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Guadalcanal Province Chief Superintendent Rodney Kuma…
MORE than 1500 students from five schools in Honiara have been visited by members of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the New Zealand Police, under the Solomon Island Police Support Program (SIPSP) to share with them about school safety. The talks focused more on the student’s personal safety while traveling from home…
To ensure safer and better-connected aviation network, an upgrade of the perimeter fencing at the Honiara International Airport advances is steadily progressing towards its completion. The works involve the replacement of 4.8 km of damaged fencing and the installation of an automatic sliding gate and three swing gates. These improvements are part of the Second…
A FOUR year old boy watched helplessly as his mother was tied to a wooden chair while being beaten by the father. The-43-year-old husband is a now a subject of investigation by Malaita Police after the incident occurred at Oneoneabu village in Central Kwarae, Malaita Province recently. A statement from Police Media Unit said, the…
ADAPTING to a new lifestyle due to an attack that deprived him of his left leg is painful for John Akwai but being the only child living with his elderly mother, he has no option but to fend for her and himself. “Life is totally different for me now. It is very difficult and challenging.…
SHADRACK FISANGO – the newly-elected Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Ward 17 on Malaita – has called on the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kwaio Stanley Festus Sofu to step down immediately, saying his condition calls for such an action. Fisango, pictured above, is a blood relative of Hon. Sofu. “I am…
WORK has begun in reviving the long standing Logunaguavi Airstrip project in Central Islands’ Province’s Sandfly Buena Vesta Ward, Ngella, its Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Hon. Maurice Tinoni Mae has announced. The Logunaguavi Airstrip project was proposed as one of the national development projects some years ago but it never eventuated, Hon Mae…
A YOUTH empowerment leadership training for young leaders in Guadalcanal Province (GP) was recently held. The aim of the training was for the youth leaders to take on leadership roles and make positive contributions to their communities and the wider society. The one-day training was at National Youth Congress Center in Honiara and was attended…
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale says the picture painted by the Finance and Treasury Minister Manasseh Sogavare on the state of the Solomon Islands economy is inconsistent with the everyday experiences of ordinary citizens. Wale said the low inflation rate figures stated by the Minister for Finance and Treasury seem to be on a different…
While the Solomon Islands is still in the consultation stage of developing a multi-hazard policy and relevant frameworks to guide the successful implementation of its multi-hazard early warning system under the Early Warning for All Initiative, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai, India, has already established a state-of-the-art technological emergency service to protect its…