A MAN who forced a young man and his girlfriend to have sex and then took videos of them last November, which went viral on Facebook, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. Charles Manaba, 26, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to one count of Compelled Sexual Intercourse under the Penal Code Act…
CHIEF Executive Officer of Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, Jasper Highwood Anisi has declared three winning candidates for provincial election in Malaita Province, Friday. The winning candidates won their respective seats in Matakwalao ward, Malu’u and Subobono/Burianaiasi. Two of them were Members of Provincial Assembly for Malaita province in the last term, namely Glen Waneta and…
CLEZY Rore was unofficially re-elected for North Vella La Vella Constituency in Western Province. Five candidates contested the seat. Returning officer for North Vella Constituency Harrison Geni declared the results at the Western Provincial Office in Gizo on Friday afternoon. He retains his seat for the second term in parliament house with the total of…
National Parliament Daniel Suilea Waneoroa – North Malaita Rexon Annex Ramofafia – Fataleka Alfred Tuasulia – West Kwara’ae Clezy Rore – North Vella La Vella Constituency John Dean Kuku – North New Georgia Wayne Osopo Ghemu – Ranonga/Simbo Constituency Willie Bradford Marau – Ulawa/ Ugi Constituency Nestor Ghiro – Central Makira Constituency Provincial Central James…
THE Ownership, Unity and Responsibility (OUR) Party candidate for Ulawa-Ugi Constituency William Bradford Marau has been re-elected for a third term in Parliament. Mr Marau was amongst the nine candidates who contested for the Ulawa-Ugi Constituency Seat and polled a total of 1.162 votes. He was first elected into Parliament in the 2014 National General…
FORMER MP for North New Georgia Constituency John Dean Kuku has retained his parliamentary seat after defeating his rival Nannette Tutua. This was declared by the returning officer for North New Georgia Constituency Hendrick Rueben at the Western Provincial Office in Gizo this afternoon. Mr Dean Kuku is a member of the Solomon Islands Democratic…
The CEO of the Electoral Commission this morning declared winners in the Elections for both the National and Provincial elections. Former MP Wilfred Bradford Marau retained his seat with a total of 1162 votes in the Ulawa Ugi Constituency. In the provincial elections For Mbuma Ward in West Kwara’ae, Former Premier of Malaita, Martin Fini…
Vote counting for Isabel Province starts on Friday according to the Election Manager Rex Manasseh. The Election Manager said counting for Gao/Bugotu, Hograno/Kia/Havulei and Maringe/ Kokota constituencies will commence as early as 7am tomorrow. Mr Manasseh said the delay was necessary due to the electoral counting procedure which involves verification. He said police and polling…
THE ballot boxes for West New Georgia and Vona Vona constituency have to be kept at Noro Lodge overnight due to bad weather conditions in the province. Returning officer for the constituency Christina Mamupio told Solomon Star that all ballot boxes for the constituency have been successfully retrieved from their polling stations, slightly later than…
ROUGH seas during the dispatchment of ballot boxes to the North New Georgia Constituency in Western Province on Tuesday has damaged one of the ballot boxes. This was revealed by the Western Province Election Manager Collin Potakana yesterday before Gizo 2 Polling Station opened to voters to cast their votes. He said a ballot box…