THERE are continuous calls to suspend the permanent secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), Christian Ramofafia, and his director, Edward Honiwala, following the recent High Court judgement. Coastal resource owners and certain people from Ontong Java atoll called on the Cabinet and the Prime Minister Office (PMO) to suspend the…
A Forestry expert describes the releasing of oil into the ocean by a logging company operating in North West Guadalcanal as a deliberate disregard for nature and human beings. Last weekend he witnessed extensive amounts of oil, spilled on the seawater surface between Kakabona and Bogehe beach in North West Guadalcanal. He observed that the…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has received a report of a chemical spill from the Tenaru national secondary school on Wednesday. Supervising Police Commissioner, Gabriel Manelusi, said the report from the school principal was of a chemical spill at the school’s science lab. “It was alleged the ceiling in the science lab fell…
AN elderly man escaped death after being mowed down by a moving vehicle in Auki, Malaita province on Thursday afternoon. The nasty accident left the Auki public in shock after the hilux, allegedly driven by a drunk male driver struck the elderly man from the roadside. The accident took place at around 2pm opposite the…
Police in the Western province have arrested a 70-year-old man for the alleged rape of a 6-year-old girl in Niumala village, Kohingo Island in Western Province on Thursday, 19 July 2018. The alleged suspect is a native of Samangago village, in the Shortland Islands, but was living with his brother at Niumala Village at the…
Three male persons have been sentenced to four months in prison after they were found guilty by the Honiara Central Magistrates court on 23 July 2018 for causing disturbances at Lengakiki in West Honiara on 22 July 2018. The trio was playing very loud music from the booth of their car causing disturbances to the…
Police at Gizo in Western Province is investigating the sudden death of a 30-year-old male inmate at the Correctional Services Solomon Islands (CSSI) Centre at Malakerava on Tuesday, 24 July 2018. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Chief Superintendent, Mathias Lenialu, said it is alleged that the deceased complained of a chest pain but shortly after he…
THE Strata Titles Bill 2017 do not only benefit developers and those people lucky enough to own their Fixed Term Estates, but encourages development. Minister of Lands, Housing and Survey, Andrew Manepora, confirmed this when he tabled the Bill in the second reading in Parliament on Tuesday. Manepora said the legislation is seen as a…
THE outgoing European Union (EU) Ambassador, Leonidas Tezapsidis, has paid a farewell courtesy call to prime minister, Rick Hou, Wednesday. Mr Tezapsidis during the visit explained the reasons behind the EU’s repositioning in the Pacific region. He said the pacific region is diverse and EU feels it is more strategic to be operating from a…
THE Honiara City Council (HCC) has thanked the Member for West Honiara Constituency, Namson Tran, for his kind heart in donating much needed drugs and medication supply to its three wards’ clinics in West Honiara. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Deputy Mayor Eddie Ngava thanked the West Honiara MP for his general donations. “The…