FAILURE by one of two juveniles accused of raping a 13-year-old girl to turn up in court, has prompted court to adjourn the case to August 10. The two juveniles were accused of raping the teenager last year at Guadalcanal Plain Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL), East of Honiara. The adjournment was to allow police to…
“Claims it extends claws into illegal logging business” THE controversy surrounding Asia Pacific Investment Development’s (APID) land acquisition process still hangs in the balance, but there are already new claims the mining company had felled and export round logs ‘illegally’. Rennell landowners who obtained documents confirming the ‘illegal export’ of round logs are demanding answers…
Teachers are more than custodians of the future they are shapers of the future says the Minister of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development Dr Derek Sikua. Speaking as the key note speaker to open the national teachers education conference on Tuesday Dr Sikua said, teachers have one of the most important jobs…
A secondary school teacher from Malaita province said that Solomon Islanders still lacks the one mind one nation attitude, in order to help the country progress in development. The high school teacher who came to Honiara during school mid-year break and will set to return this week said he has been observing in town and…
A West Rennell landowner has questioned the certificate of no appeal issued for Asia Pacific Investment Development (APID) by the magistrate court, claiming that similar situation happens to his case against the Mungaba Timber logging license. Speaking to the media Richard Pautangata Hakatingisa’a revealed that a Certificate of No Appeal was initially issued to Mungaba…
GOVERNMENT vows to build world class sports facilities in the country by 2019 to improve the standard of sports in the country and also bid for the 2013 Pacific Games. This was announced by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare over the weekend at Honiara Hotel during a special event to officially award the medallists and also…
Suva (Fiji Times) – CREW members of Fiji’s Uto ni Yalo are getting ready for their next big voyage to Bougainville, Papua New Guinea and Wellington in New Zealand. The journey, titled “Chocolate Voyage”, is expected to take two months. With only a few days left before she sets sail once again, preparations for the…
INSPIRING and reflective short films on youth issues were screened on the 23rd July at the Commonwealth Youth Program Campus, Panatina, at 3pm. It brought the Youth@Work, ‘Share and Inspire’ intensive program to a grand climax as the participants presented films with powerful social change messages that they are passionate about. The films were scripted, acted…
The Solomon Islands National Teachers Association’s (SINTA) new General Secretary Robert Lafisi has promised to work closely with the government and other stakeholders to address the outstanding concerns of teachers in the country. Speaking during the signatory ceremony at Rock heaven Inn, Mr Lafisi said that its time SINTA starts working together with responsible ministries…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says he is planning to attend both the 2015 United Nations Climate Change conference in France and 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the Mediterranean state of Malta. He revealed this in a meeting on Wednesday with the French Ambassador to Solomon Islands His Excellency Pascal Maubert. The meeting was…