THE University of the South Pacific Students Association – Solomon Islands (USPSA-SI) Campus has successfully negotiated its proposal to the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs (MWYCFA) to provide work placements or attachments for USP Solomon Islands Campus students. USPSA-SI President, Kevin Olea announced this in a statement on Monday following a courtesy…
Henderson murder trial moved to Friday THE murder trial of the man who allegedly ran over a man outside the now defunct Island Nightclub at Henderson, Guadalcanal, in 2020 will return to the High Court tomorrow. Jimmy Lusibaea Jnr is facing the trial for one count of murder. The trial was moved to tomorrow because…
PASSENGER boat, MV Fair Glory, was forced to take refuge at Bunikalo in Marovo Lagoon, Western Province, on Tuesday night due to bad weather. MV Fair Glory made its weekend trip on Sunday morning from Honiara to Gizo via all Western Province ports. It spent Monday night at Gizo before departing the provincial capital on…
THE cognitively-impaired person who was attacked by stray dogs in Gizo Town on Wednesday has died in Gizo Hospital from his injuries. His death has caused grief and anger in Gizo as people demanded responsible authorities to urgently address the escalating issue of stray dogs in Gizo Town. The person was attacked early Wednesday morning…
A MOTHER of five is calling for support and urges police to act quickly in arresting the person who burnt down her dwelling house. Sililia Geu’s dwelling house at Kunu near the Malaita Provincial capital, Auki, was burnt to ashes last month by a young man whilst she was away in Honiara. Mrs Geu…
Cognitively impaired man hospitalised after a ferocious attack by pack of stray dogs in the Western Provincial Capital A COGNITIVELY-IMPAIRED person known for roaming the streets of the Western Provincial Capital, Gizo, fell victim to a vicious attack by a pack of stray dogs at 3am yesterday. The incident occurred on the road between Aussie…
MORE one hundred participants from around Ranoggah and Simbo (RANOSI) in the Western Province are undergoing a one-week 10,000 Toes Health Risk Assessment training at Buri, Ranoggah. Training facilitators from the Solomon Islands Mission (SIM) of the Adventist Church based in Honiara and Kukudu are conducting the training. It commenced on Monday and will end…
PRIME Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has highlighted the importance of developing aquaculture for rural development and food security in light of pressures placed on the country’s fisheries resources. Speaking at Guadalcanal Province’s Second Appointed Day celebration on Tuesday at Mamara, Northwest Guadalcanal, Prime Minister Sogavare said fisheries is a major sector not only in Guadalcanal Province…
SOLOMON Islands will continue to rely on its overseas partners and friends to achieve security matters, especially with the international borders, law and order. Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma, highlighted this in his contribution to the debate on the TRC Final Report in Parliament on Tuesday. He said on security reform, he concurs…
THE young man who allegedly stole another man’s phone inside a public bus after stabbing him with a scissors along the Koa Hill Road in January will be sentenced on August 8. Davidson Daniel Donga, 20, has pleaded guilty to one count of Armed Robbery on a previous court date. He was initially charged with…