THE woman who buried her baby alive in a shallow grave last year at Kaibia, Honiara, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Justice Francis Mwanesalua sentenced the 34-year-old Malaita mother in the High Court. Nelly Waitai had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of attempted murder. The maximum penalty for…
CONCERN citizens group Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) is calling on the new DCC government to consider the prevalent water situation in Gizo. A Gizo resident yesterday sent a message to FSII expressing her ordeal caused by the water problem in Gizo. The resident said all water tanks are now empty and residents are now…
MORE than 240 seaweed farmers in Choiseul and Malaita Provinces have undergone a training aimed at equipping them with financial knowledge on how to manage their finance gained from their seaweed farms. The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR), with support from the New Zealand Government, through the Mekem Strong Solomon Island Fisheries (MSSIF)…
SAMOA OBSERVER – A name change for the region’s beauty pageant from ‘Miss South Pacific’ to ‘Miss Pacific Islands’ has been met with widespread approval from the contestants. Miss Papua New Guinea, Grace Nugi said the change is brilliant. PNG is one of the Pacific islands that is not located in the South of the…
WHILST welcoming and congratulating the DCC government for the recent Ministerial announcement, FSII has criticized the selection of certain government Ministers. Hundreds of members including former Bishop of Malaita, Rev. Terry Brown has criticized the appointment of Hon. Bodo Detke as Minister of Forestry and Research. “Whilst many of the new ministerial appointments are very…
BMOBILE/Vodafone has launched a special which comes with bundles of free calls, SMS text and Data voice. The new promotion was launched on Monday. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nail Downey said, this new special gives customers five days of unlimited domestic calls to both Bmobile/Vodafone and Breeze network. “It will also give you 40MB of…
SPREP: “We cannot fail our people and future,” was the passionate plea from the Solomon Islands to the High Level Segment at the UN Climate Convention in Lima, Peru. The Solomon Islands is one of 21 parties that have ratified the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol which is the second commitment period. To come…
Growing the Solomon Island’s tourism industry is set to be a high priority for the country’s new prime minister. Manassah Sogavare says that for too long, previous governments have focussed on unsustainable income earners such as logging and mining. He says they’ve overlooked the potential of the tourism sector and is promising his government will…
POLICE has warned the public against giving false report because it’s a crime. This follows a couple of incidents in Malaita Province where police were given false reports to the police. Auki police said that it’s sad to see people fooling police with false information. Over the weekend a man in North Malaita tipped off…
The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) government has now fulfilled its obligation to announce its Cabinet Ministers since they took power last week. On Monday 21 Members of Parliament (MP) took their oath and were sworn-in as Cabinet Ministers before Governor General Sir Frank Kabui at the Government House. Their swearing-in will enable the DCC…