MORE time had been sought for the three men who crossed the border from Tasman, Papua New Guinea to Lord Howe, Malaita Outer Islands early last month to take their plea. The trio appeared in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court yesterday and their matter was further adjourned to January 24 for plea. Their lawyers from the…
TWO teenage boys have denied setting fire to the leaf hut next to the National Parliament building during the unrest in November last year. The 16-year-old and 17-year-old boys are charged with arson but pleaded not guilty to the charge on Friday last week. Having heard their not guilty plea, Chief Magistrate Emma Garo adjourned…
SOLOMON Islands Paralympic Committee (SIPC) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) High – Performance programme on Friday 14th January A statement from SI National Institute of Sport (SINIS) yesterday said the MOU will pave way for para-athletes and para-coaches to access programs and services offered at…
SOLOMON Islands now have community transmission of COVID 19 in Ontong Java after six cases are detected in Pelau Village. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced this morning (18th January 2022) that a total of seven new COVID 19 cases were diagnosed at the Molecular Laboratory bringing the total number of COVID 19 cases ever recorded…
A FAMILY in Honiara is desperately appealing to the general public for donations to meet medical expenses for three month old Israel Rovaly Katara. Baby Israel is diagnosed with Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) – a defect of the heart in which his two main arteries carrying blood out of his heart are switched…
Leader clarifies reports on Faumamanu meetings AN East Kwara’ae leader, Samson Kwasi has called on the M4D-MARA leaders, associates and journalists to be mindful of publishing false and fabricated information on Facebook and the Print Media to stir public resentment and causing further divisions among Malaitans. A published statement by the East Malaita Watch page…
AS the 2022 Court Year opens in Honiara this week, a call has gone out to Court administrators to ensure long running cases are prioritised for listing and hearing this year. William Gua – the agent for the Fred and Gloria Olsson’s case, which began in 2006 – said it is time some responsibility is…
WHY INDEPENDENCE WOULD BE HARD FOR MALAITA NOW To be a new independent nation the following steps are needed. Step 1-Declare Independence Malaita Province must first satisfy rules set forth by the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States that would require Malaita declare in a referendum letting the world…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Auki have arrested a 45-year-old male suspect for an alleged murder incident of a 40-year-old male person at Kopo Village in Malaita Province on 14 January 2022. Acting Provincial Police Commander Malaita province, Inspector Charles Edward Koto says, “It is alleged that the suspect beat…
THE Cleaning up of the Chinatown will begin on Tuesday. The Honiara City Council in collaboration with the Solomon Islands Government on Friday announced that the formal start date for the General Disaster Waste Clean-up on the locations destroyed during the last year’s Honiara Civil Unrest. It stated that the Disaster Waste Clean-up was part…