A WEST Guadalcanal mother claims she was a victim of thieves who stole her bag with all her valuables, including $2,000 cash, at the 02 Market, White River, on Tuesday. Mary Pau said the incident occurred at 8am. She told our Guadalcanal stringer John Toki the stealing occurred when a group of women rushed in…
A FOUR-DAY workshop on Family Violence and Youth Justice started yesterday at the Honiara Hotel conference room. The programme, which was hosted by the Pacific Judicial Development Programme (PJDP), was funded by the New Zealand government and run by the Federal Court of Australia. Participants of the workshop came from the judiciary, government agencies and…
BUALA Hospital in Isabel says another 30 diarrhoeacases were diagnosed and admitted this week. The hospital received an influx of cases last month. Senior hospital nurse Ambrose Kikolo said these cases were referred from the nearby clinics. He said they treat patients and advised them to drink more water. Meanwhile, he urged villagers to boil…
POLICE are still hunting down suspects believed to be part of the ANZ Bank automatic teller machine robbery at Kukum, east Honiara, last month. Acting assistant police commissioner for National Capital Gabriel Manelusi said the operation to arrest suspects is still on and they are not backing down. Police have already arrested four suspects who…
FORMER Renbel premier Lence Tango has accused his deserted ministers of accepting bribes from a logging company operating in the province. Mr Tango claimed Samlimsun bribed the ministers to join the non-executive bench in fear of “my government kicking them out of Renbel”. “I have a high court case with Samlimsun for failing to pay…
CHILDREN in Honiara and Guadalcanal will again have access to essential health services following a timely donation from Taiwan Kaochiung Medical University. The university has donated USD$10,000 (SBD$72,500) to repair the Pikinini clinic, which received extensive damages during the April flash flood. In a brief handing over of the money, Taiwanese ambassador Roy Wu said…
A GIRL, 7, from Manita village in west Bauro, Makira/UlawaProvince, has been the latest victim of crocodile attacks, over the weekend. The girl was playing with her friend at a river mouth where her mother was fishing, when the croc pulled her down into the river. Senior sergeant Peter Sitai of Kirakira police confirmed the…
FLORENCE Young Christian School will host a parent’s open day this Friday. The school principal George Saemane said the day is important for parents to visit their children’s classrooms and see some of the work their children have produced over the term. “There will be no classes on Friday as the day has been set…
LONGLINE fishing vessels will be the next issue Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) will be targeting to engage in the vessel day scheme (VDS) to generate more revenue for member nations as well as control tuna harvesting in the region. Director of the organisation Dr Transform Aqorau highlighted this yesterday during his presentation at…
A High Court officer yesterday appeared in the Honiara Magistrate Court to face an embezzlement charge in relation to a missing $20,000 at High Court registry office. Patterson Pou, the High Court office manager was accused of converting for his own use $20,000 collected and received by the High Court for Security of Cost for…