Kenilorea describes plans to extend parliament ‘fundamentally flawed’OPPOSITION Member of Parliament (MP) for East Are’Are Peter Kenilorea Jnr has described proposed plans by the government to extend Parliament as ‘fundamentally flawed’. The Opposition Group understands that the government is continually pushing to extend the life of Parliament from 4 to 5 years under the radar. The Opposition also understands that government…
THE 28 year-old man accused of lying to three women using different names and titles will be facing additional charges, including a new rape charge. Public Prosecutor Jonathan Auga yesterday told the court via virtual audio link that investigation is now completed but a number of new complaints have been made to police against the…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group is concerned over the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement’s (DCGA’s) continual push for the Extension of Parliament from four to five years. Opposition Leader, Mathew Wale together with MP for East Are’Are, Peter Kenilorea Junior (Jnr) confirmed this in a press conference with the media yesterday. Mr Wale said they knew…
THE man accused of sexually abusing his four daughters aged between two years and two months old from 2017 to last July in Western Province is awaiting a trial date. The 36 year-old man who cannot be named to protect his daughters’ identities is facing four counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 15.…
TENSIONS remain high in the Baegu Asifola electorate in Malaita Province as three dwelling homes were torched to the ground at Ato village in what was regarded as a retaliation attack in relation to a murder incident two years ago. Eye witnesses told Solomon Star Auki that the burning incident took place at Ato village…
17 years on after the current Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare took to the podium of the United Nations to call for donor support for the Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) initiative; people are now benefiting from small infrastructure projects, thanks to the PCDF. The PCDF is responsible for over 294 small infrastructure projects across…
Today, the United States—through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)—presented state-of-the-art seismometers to monitor the potentially dangerous Savo Volcano in Solomon Islands. The equipment was procured after an official request from the Solomon Islands government Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) to the U.S. government to supplement the…
Members of the public who have constantly practiced healthy safe measures against covid-19 have been applauded for their contribution towards the decline in covid cases in Honiara city and some parts of the country. Most recent data had indicated a declining trend in positive cases, which shows a slowdown in community transmission mostly in Honiara…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Buala Police Station in Isabel Province have arrested and remanded two-murder suspects recently. Acting Director National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID), Superintendent Michael Bole says, “Both male suspects are in their 20s and the deceased in this case a 17-years-old male person.” Acting Director Superintendent Bole…
The Office of the Prime minister & Cabinet this week hosted to a presentation by the Fotana Tribal Land Trust board on the “East Fataleka Industrial Development Plan” a 50 year Action Plan aimed at the creation of a peaceful, harmonious and progressive community to improve the socio and economic livelihood of the people of…