COURT REJECTS STRIKE-OUT BID By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN CHIEF Justice Sir Albert Palmer on Thursday dismissed a bid by Lau/Mbaelelea MP Augustine Auga to strike out an election petition case filed against him. Philip Harry, who was runner-up in the April 3 polls, filed the petition against Auga, claiming the Agriculture and Livestock minister paid people to vote…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Guadalcanal Province attended an alleged suicide resulting in the death of a man in his 20s at the Moto Pool area, Henderson, East of Honiara on 20 July 2019. Police Criminal Investigating Officer (PCIO) of the RSIPF in Guadalcanal Province, Inspector Hughes Nevol says, “Officers…
SOLOMON Islands National University’s (SINU) Kukum campus is now powered by solar energy after the commissioning of the solar project last Friday. The project is a gift from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to young Solomon Islanders attending SINU. It is aimed at reducing SINU’s utility costs so that the amount saved could be used for…
COMMISSIONER of the Correctional Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) Gabriel Manelusi recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Youth Fellowship ((IYF) in Korea. The MOU was signed after a week-long Police & Corrections Forum (PCF), which gathered commissioners from all over the world. Manelusi said he signed the MOU with the founder of…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says our young generation who constitute our future need God’s wisdom and guidance. Sogavare highlighted this in his recent speech to mark the 41st Anniversary of Solomon Islands early this month. He said in order for our young generation to learn to be responsible citizens, parents’ play a key role to…
THE New Zealand Government through the New Zealand High Commission and Honiara City Council have entered a memorandum of understanding towards the upgrade project of sporting facilities. City Mayor Wilson Mamae and New Zealand High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Don Higgins signed the memorandum to begin the project at the Multipurpose Hall vicinity. This is…
THE Malaita public has thanked the new Malaita Provincial Government for seeing it fit to upgrade the Auki road within just two three weeks in office. Auki roads have been left untouched for the past two years causing the road conditions to deteriorating more than ever. Seeing the new Sudani led government taking actions to…
SICCI calls on MID to convene Road Transport Board GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (MID) has been urged to convene the Road Transport Board (RTB). The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) issued the call to address the current traffic issue affecting the city. The RTB has not been activated…
IN the next two weeks, each primary school in Honiara will receive 30 copies of a book with stories written by different Solomon Islands’ writers. This is a from the family of Connie Grouse and Mary Cole. The book was put together in Munda and printed in New Zealand with the help of a New…
A revised Solomon Islands Government Protocol handbook has been launched in Honiara on Friday. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Jeremiah Manele officially launched handbook entitled ‘Administration of Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities for Diplomatic Corps Accredited to and Resident in Solomon Islands 2019.’ The handbook sets out guidelines that assist Government Administrative Departments to…