THE Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has clarified that the only illegal time to conduct a campaign is 24 hours before the joint elections on April 17. This clarification comes in response to speculations on the timing of campaign activities following the recent launch of manifestos by OUR Party led by caretaker Prime Minister Manasseh…
Some like riots, others regime change as the country prepares to go to the polls on 17 April THE Acting Governor General Patteson John Oti yesterday declared April 17 as the day Solomon Islands would go to the poll to elect 50 Members who will represent the 700-thousand plus people in the 12th Parliament. Mr…
A MALE student of about ten years old has taken his own life by hanging himself from a tree in a devastating incident that shocked Luana village at Paelonge on Gizo Island in the Western Province. The deceased was a Grade 3 student at Titiana School. The distressing event transpired on Monday afternoon, sending shockwaves…
THE case involving the mining row in Isabel Province that saw the destruction and damage of family properties in Jejevo village will undergo a new trial. The five defendants Jimmy Taea, Tony Godwin, Hamilton Puza, Joseph Sago and Steward Gift are facing one count of going armed in public, 13 counts of wilful and unlawful…