THE newly appointed Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) says the authority is committed to stamping out corruption within the organisation. Colin Yow revealed this to the Solomon Star on Thursday after the Customs and Excise officials seized vehicles believed to be imported at a devalued price to avoid paying of high…
Police arrest wanted man in $4m bank robbery POLICE Monday arrested the prime suspect in the brutal $4 million Westpac robbery that left a security guard with four missing fingers. Gabi Selo was arrested in the Burns Creek area of east Honiara after many weeks on the run following the January 26 daylight robbery. He…
THREE of the four men accused of misleading police officers on a mission to arrest suspects of the Carpenter’s Hardware break-in were released on bail yesterday. Police Officer Tarcuis Tukipatu, Andrew Timo and Galvin Kali were each allowed bail on a $500 cash bail to be paid by their sureties.This was after their lawyer Lazarus…
A MAN accused of stealing valuable properties from a residence and a church in Honiara will be standing trial in April. The hearing date was fixed yesterday after prosecution tendered the pre-trial conference checklist to the court. Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota fixed a five days trial commencing April 6. Thirty-nine year-old Henry Teti of Temotu…
THE man accused of the murder of his former girlfriend at the Tuvaruhu hill top in 2012 will know is fate today in the High Court. Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer will hand down the judgment of the accused Brian Schofield Baro Alagere this afternoon. Alagere stood trial for the alleged murder of his former…
THE Mase community high school in North New Georgia, Western Province will soon have a two story classroom building with two staff houses. This was made possible after a grant contract signing yesterday between the Japanese government and the school head teacher at the Japanese embassy office in Honiara. The project was approved after a…
MALAITA Provincial Government will launch its much awaited policy strategic statement next month. The policy statement dubbed ‘Malaita Alliance of Reform and Transformation’ (MART) was supposed to be launched this Friday. However, it was now deferred to March 12. A change of date happened following a request by the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to attend…
THE Solomon Islands Nursing Association (SINA) now has a new general secretary (GS) after the post was left vacant for four years. She is Sue Sikihi a retired nurse who serves in the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) for many years now. Yesterday Mrs Sikihi signed a two year contract to take up…
CUSTOMS and Excise Division has recently uncovered that up to $20,000 in customs duty is still to be paid by four importers, in light of the six vehicles recently seized by customs over the past two weeks. Speaking to this paper yesterday, Deputy Comptroller Revenue, Peter Hughes said that the sum of unpaid duty is…
EVERYONE is responsible to assist and help mentally ill people. National Head of Mental Health, Dr Paul Orotoloa said. Dr Orotoloa said that it is in the nature of all human beings that whenever one is in trouble or is with a problem or is sick, people would tend to help. “All humans have this…