A WOMAN accused of fraudulently obtaining $31,000 in the name of charity is facing a further five charges of false pretences. This time, her alleged victims were taxi drivers. Police alleged Wendy Rose Upwe’e hired five different taxis on various occasion without paying them. Wendy appeared in the Honiara Magistrates Court on Friday on these…
Dear Editor – I would be grateful if this letter could be published in your paper’s letters to the editor column as a matter of public interest. In early December 2014 soon after the National General Elections in November of that year, I reported a case to the police through the office of the Police…
A NATIONAL long-line fisheries management workshop for Long-line Fishery Operators and stakeholders will commences in Honiara on Tuesday. The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) will be hosting the two-day workshop from Tuesday 13th to Wednesday 14th September at the Heritage Park Hotel. According to the MFMR, the workshop aimed to provide an opportunity…
THERE are troubling signs that service delivery by the Malaita province government for the final quarter of this year is likely to be hit hard due to lack of finance. This is because the four-quarter service grant of $3million to be paid by the national government for Malaita province will be used mainly to recover…
Thousands Catholic adherents witnessed the colourful installation of their new Archbishop at the Holy Cross Cathedral in Honiara on Saturday. The most Reverend Christopher Michael Cardone OP became the third archbishop of the Honiara Diocese. He succeeded Archbishop Adrian Smith, who served the church for more than 50 years. “Thank you everyone for your coming…
Plan sit-in protest DIRECT employers of Malaita Province have supported calls to dissolve the current Provincial Assembly in the wake of the illegal borrowing scandal. “We have lost every trust we use to have for the Peter Ramohia leadership,” a spokesman for the 200 workers told the Solomon Star in Auki yesterday. “Their illegal borrowing…
The workshop this week on the National Anti-Corruption Strategy which draws participation from the Government, Civil Society, the Private Sector, Integrity Institutions and Development Partners is an affirmation of the Government’s commitment to fight corruption in the country. Since taking leadership in early 2015, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced to the Nation that his…
THE Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Selina Boso has urged the 122graduates of Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) to put into good use the skills and knowledge that they have acquired. Ms Boso made the reminder at the APTC graduation ceremony held at the Maranatha hall, east Honiara on Tuesday. “I urge…
AUSTRALIA has been recorded as the country that has many of its nationals visiting the country in the second quarter of this year, a recently released statistical bulletin from the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) has revealed. The travels were being recorded from tourists’ arrivals and visitor by occupation. “Tourist arrivals for second quarter…
THE total international arrival of visitors for the second quarter of this year was 11, 546 which is an increase of 18.4 percent (%) compared to the first quarter of this year. This was revealed in a latest statistical Bulletin from the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) this week. Compared to the same quarter…