A man has been arrested with his 54 marijuana plant being uprooted on Wednesday. Police media unit said Police CID officers at Central Police Station uprooted the plants and charged the male suspect, following tip of from members of the public. The dangerous cannabis have been farmed at the Panatina valley area, East Honiara. The…
THE man accused of his wife’s death at Lambi, West Guadalcanal in 2009, will this afternoon know whether he has a case to answer to the manslaughter charge against him. His lawyer has lodged a no case to answer submission at the close of the prosecution case yesterday. Prosecution called five witnesses including two doctors.…
POLICE is yet to recover a man who fell off from MV Kosco near Ringi harbour. The passenger and cargo vessel was on its routine trip to Western Province when the man from Kwaio, Malaita fell into the sea. The incident led to relative holding up the boat with a demand that the body be…
Mining and logging companies who are interested in operating in the province must comply with the provincial Acts and its ordinances. Renbel provincial secretary (PS) Angiki Peseika Baiabe issued the strong warning on Wednesday following interests shown by a number of firms to operate in the province. In an interview with the Solomon Star on…
The government through the Office of the Prime Minister and the ministry of lands has held a one day consultation with Guadalcanal landowners over the long standing issue of Honiara city land boundary. The one day consultation has brought together land owning groups from Guadalcanal who have raised important issues surrounding the demarcation of the…
The new chief Magistrate of the Honiara Magistrates Court has described as worrying increasing incidents of rape in Solomon Islands. New Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota made the statement on Wednesday in Honiara after he was sworn-in by the country’s Chief Justice, Sir Albert Palmer. He said the High Court has hearing rape incidents of young…
Malaita provincial premier of Edwin Suibaea has rubbished claims that his provincial executive has sold the Auki primary school (APS) sports ground to a Chinese businessman in Auki. In an interview with the Solomon Star on Wednesday premier Suibaea said that he was shocked to hear about the news. “That’s news to me and I…
About 50 cabs from various taxi services in Honiara will assist Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) with tours in and around Honiara city following the arrival of tourist boat MV Dawn Princess early this morning. SIVB marketing manager Freda Unusi told the Solomon Star yesterday said these cabs will assist them to conduct tours around…
AUSTRALIAN immigration officials did an “explosive body search” on Manasseh Maelanga despite being told he was the Solomon Islands’ deputy prime minister. The incident last week at Brisbane International Airport infuriated Mr Maelanga, who yesterday expressed utter disappointment at the treatment. “I understand we leaders are exempted to immigration checks and body searches in international…
The new jumbo bus service operated by Ropiko Enterprise got to an unfortunate start yesterday morning after the service was blocked and one of the bus conductors being bashed up. Reports reaching the paper said despite the service being acknowledged by many members of the public, it does not go down well with few of…