Police to prosecute parents of girl at centre of first human trafficking case By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN POLICE will arrest and charge parents of a girl who allegedly forced their under-aged daughter to live with a Malaysian logger. Public prosecutor Andrew Kelesi revealed this in court yesterday when opposing a bail application submitted by Malaysian national…
EFFORTS to get more signatures from the public to support the move to bring back the Anti-Corruption Bill on the floor of Parliament next month is gaining momentum. This was witnessed on Tuesday by the Solomon Star as pedestrians stopped by to sign in support of the petition, which was facilitated by members of the…
PARENTS and guardians of Perch Community High School in east Honiara yesterday signed a petition against a seven-day demolition notice issued to them by the Honiara City Council on 7th September and will expire on 14th September 5:30pm tomorrow. A similar notice, which demanded the demolition of part of the school’s fence and library building,…
CSOs collect signatures to petition PM THE country’s Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have combined forces in seeking signatures of Solomon Islanders nationwide and abroad for their three-point petition on the withdrawn Anti-Corruption Bill. The petition demands that Prime Manasseh Sogavare re-tables the Bill when Parliament resumes next month as he had declared, that all 50…
THE City Mission Vocational Centre has welcomed its first intake of students for this year. The student enrollment has reached 80 after four weeks into studies. Speaking to the Solomon Star, Reverend Titus Luther of the Foursquare Gospel Church thanked the students for their interest to pursue studies at his newly established vocational training centre.…
The Solomon Islands national futsal team has departed for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The team of 15 departed yesterday where they will transit through Port Villa, Nadi and then to Turkmenistan. The Kurukuru team is accompanied by the head coach, Jerry Sam, assistant coach Francis Lafai and team…
SUSTAINABLE use and conservation of natural resources, protection of the environment, and combating the adverse effects of climate change are underpinning policy objectives of the national government. That’s according to the Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Samuel Manetoali. He was speaking at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Summit that was…
LITERACY transforms lives. That’s according to acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development James Bosamata. “Reading and writing gives the power to transform lives in homes, schools and communities,” Mr Bosamata told an International Literacy Day event in Honiara, Friday. “We celebrate this literacy day to advocate for a literate…
THE case of the five people charged in connection with the $10 million scandal in the Ministry of Health and Medical Services has not yet reached a pre-trial conference stage. The matter was mentioned at the Honiara Magistrates’ Court on Friday and further adjourned to September 22nd 2017 for mention. This was because some of…
VEHICLE owners and drivers are being warned to check their vehicles properly before moving on our roads. Supervising Kukum Traffic Director Brian Surimalefo made this call after a public bus was burnt to ashes yesterday at the Bahai area in Honiara. He added it is drivers’ responsibility to check vehicles each day before moving. The…