The High Court has yesterday sentenced a 33 year old father from Marau, Guadalcanal Province to eight years in prison for raping his 12 year old daughter. The father earlier pleaded guilty to the 5 counts of rape he committed on different occasions last year.
Form Six Science class at Pawa Provincial Secondary School in Makira Ulawa Province has been suspended. Makira Ulawa Provincial Secretary Silas Sitai says the Provincial Education Authority confirms the suspension.
Tthe Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) will introduce a National Women’s League and National under 16 leagues later this month. The SIFF media officer and coordinator of the national leagues Joseph Boso says this is part of SIFF’s ongoing program in the development of national leagues.
The Ninth Solomon Islands Parliament has officially dissolved at 12am early this morning. Prior to its dissolution members were contributing on the sine die motion moved by caretaker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo.
Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga has registered his disappointment over Australian Immigration officials after he was asked to undergo an explosive body search at the Brisbane International Airport.
Seasonal workers returning from New Zealand are disappointed with the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, SIEC, for rejecting their request to register to vote after they returned from New Zealand.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is in the process of establishing and strengthening a new education division called the “Community Education Division”.
Cigarettes have just gotten expensive, as the Finance Minister Rick Hou announces an increased excise duty of 10 per cent on all manufactured and imported tobacco products.
Communities in Sikaiana in Malaita Outer Islands are in desperate need of food and medicine, and three elders of the Sikaiana community in Honiara have come forward to call for help to get a boat to send supplies to the islands.
The country’s new Chief Magistrate has taken his oath this afternoon. Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota was sworn in by the Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer before members of the Judiciary.
Twenty youths from Taiwan will arrive this weekend to visit the Solomon Islands as part of Taiwan’s Youth Ambassador Program. A statement from the Solomon Islands Taiwanese Embassy says, the 2014 Taiwan Youth Ambassadors are all young talented university students recruited by Taiwan’s Ministry of…
Media officer and Coordinator for the Solomon Islands Football Federation’s National League, Joseph Boso says the Telekom S- League season which started last weekend adheres to the original format proposed for the competition. Mr Boso explains the league format as follows.
Banana trees in North Guadalcanal are reportedly producing less fruit and, farmers in the area say, they want the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to assess the situation.
Nine of Solomon Islands recently graduated doctors who studied medicine in Cuba will be arriving today. They are the second of three groups to arrive, and nine out of the 20 doctors who the Government first sent to study medicine in Cuba.
Parliament Member for East Choiseul Manasseh Sogavare has topped the parliament attendance list in two consecutive parliamentary terms. Attendance data from the ninth Parliament show, MP Sogavare attended 168 out of the total 175 sitting days in the 9th Parliament.
Members of Parliament will receive the third tranche of their ROC Support for Constituency Development (RSCD) this week. The RSCD comprises 400- Thousand per Constituency.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is preparing all necessary arrangements to disburse an additional 14-million dollars towards infrastructure development of Primary and Junior secondary schools in the country.
The Telekom S-League season has started over the weekend. Opening the match last Saturday, Real Kakamora opened the season with a 2 – 0 win over last year’s fourth place winners X-Beam.
Twenty newly graduated Solomon Islands doctors from Cuba are expected to arrive in the country this week. The Ministry of Education sector’s secretary Audrey Rusa says four doctors will arrive today, nine tomorrow and seven on Wednesday.
Solomon Islands students studying in various institutions in Apia Samoa must continually strive for academic excellence. A government delegation who visited USP’s Alafua Campus in Apia recently made this strong reminder.
