CHURCHES and the state must work together to address the many social issues affecting young people in the society. And the presence of the churches at the community level is important to support the youth population to make the right decisions in their lives. This was highlighted by the Western Provincial Premier Billy Veo last…
BUILDING new public toilets for the 17th Pacific Games in Honiara will be impossible given the hurdles of land and finance but existing facilities can be upgraded for use. That’s according to Honiara City Council Clerk Justus Deni during the Iumi Sol2023 talkback show on the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) on Sunday. He was…
MALAITA Province is seeing a big number of Malaitans living in Honiara back in the province since last week for the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) which started yesterday. Reports have it that some of registrants who have a busy schedule and want to get their registration done as soon as possible were the first to…
THE three men who were accused of masterminding the November 2021 riot in Honiara will face trial next month. The trial will start on 9 October. Simon Mannie, John Kwaita and Knoxley Atu are facing trial for two counts of managing unlawful society, one count of sedition, two counts of unlawful assembly and seven counts…
A MAN has been sentenced to two years in prison for attacking three people with a Chainsaw chain in May 2022 in Tulagi, Central Province. Marvin Parina, 35, has been found guilty after a trial of one count of Unlawful Wounding and two counts of Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm. When sentencing Parina, Principal Magistrate…
LEADER of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has called on the Police Commissioner to come clean following an Al Jazeera report that the ‘replica’ firearms supplied by China to the RSIPF were actually real firearms. Hon. Wale said this new information has undermined the Commissioner’s earlier claims that the firearms that were brought into the country…
THE Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale has strongly urged the Government to expedite the execution of its approved borrowing plans. Mr Wale made the call in response to the Minister of Finance’s disclosure about the current precarious status of Government approved borrowings in Parliament today. He stated that the sluggish delays in securing approved borrowings…
THE National Traffic Department of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have commenced pre games operations in the lead up to the Pacific Games. Coordinator Operations PG23 Planning Team, Inspector Bryan Erekali said the purpose of the operation is to prepare the public of Solomon Islands for the new changes to the road infrastructure…
A MAN from Rarumana, Parara Island, Western Province, will spend 20 years and eight months behind bars for having sex with an underaged girl and committing indecent acts on two other minors. The man who could not be named for legal reasons was convicted during the recent Gizo High Court Circuit. He was found guilty…
ROYAL Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) officers in the Central Islands Province are investigating the death of a person who fell from a cliff. The incident occurred near Minisi village in East Russells. RSIPF officers in the Russells and Tulagi have arrested a suspect in relation to the death. Central Province’s Provincial Police Commander (PPC)…