Court tells Solicitor General Banuve that he was brave for going to court without evidence in the beche-de-mer case of Dr Aipia A COURT of Appeal hearing into a $50-Million compensation awarded by the High Court to local medical doctor, Reginald Aipia, has wound up in Honiara, with the Court President saying the government lawyer…
MYSTERY surrounds the de-registration of Vella Development Company [VDC] – a people’s business entity on Vella Lavella. Board members told Solomon Star yesterday they were only made aware of the de-registration today (Monday). Angry board members are pointing the finger of blame on none other than the Minister of Commerce, Industries, Immigration and Labour, Kologeto,…
A WOMAN has been sentenced recently to seven years and six months in prison over the death of an elderly woman in Malaita in 2016. Judge, Leonard Maina sentenced Ida Gwaro after she entered a guilty plea for manslaughter charge. The period of more than six years Gwaro already spent in custody was also taken…
The National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) are investigating an arson incident at Malaita Outer Island (MOI). The investigation was established after a semi-permanent house belonging to the Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Sikaiana ward 33 burnt down to ashes on 16 October 2022. It was alleged…