THE court last Friday granted bail for the gold dealer facing conversions charges of more than $400,000 in relation to allegations in 2014. Michael Bosa was released on a cash bail of $500 with strict conditions attached. The conditions restricted him leaving Honiara town boundary, to report to Tetere police post in East Guadalcanal once…
GUADALCANAL provincial executive has threatened to take legal action against MS Finay Building Construction Firm to resolve a pending dispute over disparities in bill charges for the construction work at its headquarters at Kukum, east Honiara. The dispute over the bill charge and none payment by the Guadalcanal Provincial Government saw a halt to the…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group has called on the Prime Minister to move to the official residence of the Prime Minister better known as the Red House at Vavaea Ridge overlooking Central Honiara. In a press statement, Thursday, the Opposition group said the Prime Minister must do so now by moving out from his private government…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in their active campaign to curb crime has employed a proactive policing program. RSIPF is training young people with music lessons at the Saint Albans Parish at Tandai, West Honiara. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast said this is one of the on-going programs as part of the RSIPF crime…
Waste Management has been and still is a big issue for Honiara and other urban centers in the country. Education and awareness-raising on how rubbish is created and how to properly dispose and manage it is an area that REP-HCC has embarked in partnership with Solomon Islands Development Trust (SIDT) since last year. This is…
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Ngella constituency and Minister of Culture and Tourism, Bartholomew Parapolo has taken delivery of 11 new fiberglass canoes for his constituency. Mr Parapolo took delivery of the fiberglass canoes from RM Engineering and Fiberglass firm which manufactured the products. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) under Rural Development Department under…
Doctors not impressed with renovation DOCTORS working at the operating theatres at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) are not impressed with the quality of repair work done so far. Two of the three theatres have been closed since December last year due to their debilitating states. The situation was kept under wraps until more than…
WOMEN of Tandai land owning groups in Guadalcanal say that they are happy with a new approach of consultation done between Iron Bottom Sound (IBS) management and the tribal leaders. This came after the IBS management has invited them (women) to come along with their male tribal leaders to witness the handing over of the…
Difference between PNG secondary school system and Solomon Islands secondary level USP-tailored foundation program is a challenge with the PNG-SI scholarship grant utilization. According to the PNG High School system, a student is eligible to apply for an university admission after completing grade 12. However for Solomon Islands secondary system, a student has to complete…
The use of betel nut is more predominant in Central Province with 63% of the population recorded as heavy chewers. The 2012-2013 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) Provincial Analytical report revealed. Only 37% of the population were recorded non-chewers or users of betel nut. Following is Isabel province with 60% and Temotu with 59%…