The National Disaster Council (NDC) has revoked the ‘state of disaster’ declared 4 April, as a result of the flash floods, which caused huge and wide spread damages to properties, livelihoods and loss of human lives. This was announced at 2pm yesterday by the Honorable Bradley Tovosia: Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and…
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) yesterday condemned in the strongest term the recent theft and robbery of an ANZ ATM machine in Honiara over the weekend. Reacting to media reports that the country experienced its first ever ATM theft by alleged armed thieves on Friday night, CBSI Governor, Denton Rarawa said that this…
POLICE will soon investigate voters that have registered more than once during the recent biometric voter registration. Depending on police’s investigation they will be prosecuted. Chief electoral officer Polycap Haununu said details of almost 6000 people who have registered more than once are in the process of being forwarded to police for investigations to determine…
PRIME Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo landed in Palau last night in time for today’s opening of the 45th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting. Mr Lilo has been on a three-legged trip in the past weeks that took him to Cuba and Indonesia, before flying into the northern Pacific nation of Palau. The prime minister’s presence…
Speaker to parliament, Sir Allan Kemakeza has outrageously dismisses claims that he admitted his election candidacy during a visit to his people in Savo Island despite earlier clarified that he did not. Instead he will reconsider his candidacy seriously upon knowing he has great support from constituents when parliament dissolves soon. Parliament is understood be…
One of the two accused who cashed a government cheque of more than $50,000 has been asked to find a lawyer to mitigate for him in court. Simon Tigota is currently without a lawyer and was asked to find one to mitigate for him in court. His co-accused Betris Wale has a lawyer and he…
A high level delegation from government led by the acting Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga will be attending the Rennell and Bellona 2nd Appointed Day celebration today in Bellona. The delegation which comprised of four other ministers and senior Government officials will travel on a chartered Solomon Airlines flight this morning. Renbel province is celebrating its…
The trial on the case of the former Central Bank employee Philip Bobongi will resume in the High Court in August. This is for the defence case to start. Prosecution has already closed its case in early June after calling a total of 13 witnesses. The former CBSI currency officer Philip Bobongi, 44, is standing…
Questions over whether or not the newly appointed police commissioner Frank Prendergast of Australia will take up his new role is still unclear since he has a case to answer in the Australian Federal Court. This was in relation to his involvement in the 2011 Christmas Island riot in which he was tapped as saying…
THE FIRST female High Commissioner for the Solomon Islands, Her Excellency Joy Kere, is not intimidated by her position or the tasks that lie ahead. Mrs Kere hosted her first official Solomon Islands day celebration in Wellington fortnight ago, 18 July 2014. “The time is right for the Solomon Islands to make its mark in…