A 48-year-old community chief who had sex with a six-year-old girl has been jailed for seven years and nine months recently in the High Court. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the six-year-old victim was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of having sexual intercourse with a child under…
Vella United is the newly crowned champion of the Western Province Inter-Island Soccer Championship (IISC) 2022 that ended tonight at the JFK Stadium in Gizo Western Province. The grand final match saw Vella scored the winning goal by Andrew Tiazi, a former Western Cup player. Both teams fought hard during the full 90 minutes but…
I remember somebody says Life is a disease caused by birth and cured by death That living is risky and dangerous Life is the breath of God and a body of soil So easily can be converted to dust This morning I wake up with a thoughtful erection Thinking of the United Nations hooligans Taking…
DEAR EDITOR, As one keen to see the development of the Solomon Islands for the benefit of all its citizens, but one who is merely an outsider with a lay man’s knowledge of the complexity of local customary land ownership and tenure, I was concerned last week about a reported threat by angry landowners to…
OUR Telekom is organizing a three-day outdoor mobile phone sales to members of the public in Gizo, Western Province since last week. The outdoor sales commenced on Friday and will end today to coincide with the staging of the inter-island soccer championship which had been running for the past two weeks. The outdoor sales continued…
Thousands of Christians who convened for the week-long Holy Feast of Tabernacles at Aroma in North Malaita have returned to their respective homes. The religious event which marks the All Pacific Arise 30th Anniversary has attracted participants from Samoa, Niue, New Caledonia, Australia, Vanuatu and Israel and was successfully closed last Friday. The event which…
NEW permanent secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Lottie Vaisekavea has warned people of importing pigs from Papua New Guinea into the country. He issued the warning to prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) from entering the shores of Solomon Islands. ASF is a highly transmissible viral disease that affected and killed pigs.…
AS demand for workforce under the Pacific Labour Scheme increase the Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour & Immigration has temporarily halted the fast processing of passports as of today. The reason for the temporary suspension was to give time for the passport officers to process and print the current huge pending passport applications. This followed…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was the invited guest of honour in the 30th anniversary of the All Pacific Arise and Sukkot 2022. All Pacific Arise and Sukkot 2022 is a prayer event that gives honour and glory and recognition to God as the Lion of Judah, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services has received a state-of-the-art microbiology diagnostic machine from an Australian Charity Group based in Melbourne, Australia. The SBD360,000 machine was officially handed over to the Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana by the Australia High Commission First Secretary for Health Dr Alex Stephens on behalf…