Venues for hosting the 6th Melanesia Arts and Culture Festival (MACFest) in Honiara in July this year have been secured. The MACFest National Organising Committee (NOC) has been holding talks and arrangements with the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) in recent weeks to provide accommodation and other facilities to host the festival. The Melanesian Festival…
Four men accused of involving in an armed robbery at Panatina last October have been acquitted on Monday. Frank Firimolea, Eddie Funubana, Eric Nathaniel Junior and Silas Kwaota were acquitted due to insufficient evidence against them. William Kadi of Public Solicitor’s Office who represents two of the accused had earlier made a proposal to the…
A total of more than $3.7 billion of the 2018 Appropriation Bill was passed on the floor of parliament on Monday. This was made possible after a lengthy consultation at the committee of supply, since Thursday last week that finally ended yesterday afternoon. The Bill went for its third reading at the committee of supply…