TRIAL for four men who allegedly raided a house and ransacked three containers belonging the Ocean Sky at Number Three in China Town during the COVID-19 curfew in the early hours of 11 February 2022 has started. Philip Solodia, 30, Michael Donga, 28, Moses Fono’ota, 28, and Lawrence Alufurai, 25, are on trial for the…
WORK on re-graveling the 17-kilometre stretch of road from Gwaunaru’u junction to Dala in West Kwara’ae in Malaita Province under the Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP) is progressing well. Re-gravelling work has commenced at the Gwaunaruu road junction and is progressing well. The SIRAP road component is implemented by the Ministry of Infrastructure…
HEARING of evidences on the matter of the two men who allegedly printed and circulated counterfeit $100 notes in Honiara last year will commence today in the Honiara Magistrate Court. Paul Olofia and Mark Naku are facing trial for the charge of uttering before Deputy Chief Magistrate, Ricky Iomea. The trial was scheduled to start…
AN 11-year-old boy in the Micronesian Nukunao community just outside of Gizo, the Western Provincial Capital was attacked by a dog whilst playing with his friends. Nukunao Community is situated in the new Titiana Village. This latest dog attack which occurred last Saturday further compounded existing grave concerns about public safety from stray dogs following…
SOLOMON ISLANDS’ reporters were yesterday given a rare bird’s eye view of what ARK PEACE – China Navy hospital ship – embodies in its Mission Harmony 2023. Rare access gave reporters a two-hour guided tour of the 178m-long ship which arrived in Honiara last Saturday. ARK PEACE is under the command of Rear Admiral Zhao…
Man who cut his biological dad to death with a bush knife gets life sentence, eligible for parole after serving a minimum of 20 years 23-year-old Linton Kule will now spend the rest of his life behind bars for cutting his own biological father to death two years ago with a bush knife. Kule received…
A senior government officer within the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has been suspended over allegations of mismanagement of over seventy-thousand ($70,000) in public funds. The move was part of the current reforms that the ministry is undertaking to strengthen the organization’s governance with the resolute commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity and…
DPM Maelanga greets China’s Peace Ark, says it brings message of peace and hope ARK PEACE – the largest in China’s Navy Hospital Ship fleet – has begun conducting free medical clinics in communities in Honiara, following its arrival last Saturday. Deputy Prime Minister, Manasseh Maelanga, officially welcomed the visit at a ceremony at Berth…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Vice Chancellor, Professor Transform Aqorau, has announced the termination of the contracts of the final three staff members involved in the Wakaman Inc printing scandal. Professor Aqorau last Friday announced the termination of Estee Lonamei, Glen Hunt and Chanson Resture, who were the final three to be terminated for…
WITH the unbated rise of the earth’s temperate and consequential sea-level rise, this climate change phenomena are the biggest threat to the movement of Solomon Islands tuna stocks out of the country. That’s according to the Minister of the Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC), Rexson Ramofafia, when speaking during a joint Climate…