NURSES ISSUE STRIKE NOTICE

THE Solomon Islands Nurses Association (SINA) has issued a 28-day strike notice to the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) last Friday over a possible breach by the Ministry over an agreement signed in 2007. National General Secretary of SINA Steven Maitani said under the Memorandum of Agreement, the Ministry of Health and the…

WHY POLICE INTERCEPTED

RSIPF explains why it intercepted 29 Bougainvilleans last week The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) says it had to intercept 29 Bougainvilleans traveling in three boats at sea near Vella la Vella Island in the Western Province on Tuesday 20 February because it had information that the group might pose a security risk to…

Gov’t told to cut vehicle import

The number of imported vehicles continues to increase yearly and will need further regulations to curb the rise. That’s according to the Ministry of Finance and Treasury principal statistician Henry Risoni. He was sharing his views in light of the increasing number of vehicles in Honiara city and other provincial centres. Raisoni said in 2016,…

Varley visits Gizo, reassures community

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Commissioner, Matthew Varley on Sunday visited Gizo in the Western Province to meet with Premier Wayne Maepioh, police officers and the community following the conclusion of last week’s police operations. Accompanied by Assistant Commissioner of Crime and Intelligence, Ian Vaevaso, Commissioner Varley purposely made the visit to reassure Premier…

Police blame lapses in security

ESCAPE PROBE By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN HOW 29 detained Bougainvilleans escaped police custody in Gizo in the early hours of Wednesday is now the subject of a police investigation. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley told journalists yesterday that the 29 men were detained at Gizo police station in a training room that has security and fencing around…

B’villeans escape police custody

TWENTY-NINE Bougainvillean men who entered the country illegally escaped Gizo police custody in the early hours of Wednesday following their detention on Tuesday. Police previously intercepted the men in three boats near Vella la Vella Island in the Western Province and took them into Gizo. They were detained at the Gizo Police Station overnight while…

FRAUD TRIAL STARTS

Former PS enriched himself with public funds, court told By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN SACKED permanent secretary Henry Murray misused public power entrusted to him by improperly and unlawfully enriching himself with government funds, a court was told yesterday. Public prosecutor Florence Joel relayed this to the court in her opening address of the trial of Murray…

Stop spreading false rumour, Sasako told

THE Government on called on journalist Alfred Sasako to refrain from spreading what it described as “false rumours”. In a statement, the government said: “The fabricated information penned by Mr Sasako (and published by the Island Sun newspaper) is intended to create division, confusion and animosity amongst Government and the general public.” It highlighted that…

Hearing into Constitution Bill deferred

THE Parliamentary Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) has postponed the hearing into the Constitution (Amendment) (Electoral Reform) Bill 2018 to further notice. This came after the legal draftsmen of the Prime Minister Office are still to complete the last pages of the Electoral Reform Bill 2018. Appearing before the BLC in Parliament on Wednesday, chief…