There needs to be further provisions in the areas of compliance and respect of processes from developers in the mining sector, says Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.
The Spokesperson for the ‘Be Happy Ministry’ urges the Honiara City Council to reinstate the Hawker licence Act currently on suspension. Mambo Fangaria told SIBC News, the Council’s ban on the selling of apples is not fair and depriving citizens of their rights to earn money.
The Honiara City Council has completed its 2011 audit report. This was the first audit report produced by the Council after four years. HCC Treasurer. Moses Kaukui told the PAC Committee last week, they completed the 2011 report in May this year according to schedule.
The work programme of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) to reform the judiciary is progressing well, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office said.
A domestic violence survivor has broken her silence and publicly appeal to women and girls in Solomon Islands who are victims of domestic violence – ‘Enough is Enough’. The survivor, a foreigner is married to a local who victimized her severely over the past eight months.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has made several arrests in relation to burglaries during the week. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast made the announcement during his media conference yesterday.
A warrant of arrest has been issued against the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Rural Development, Selina Boso. Ms Boso failed to turn up in Court Monday this week for an interim mention on her case. The warrant will be reviewed on July 13th.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is now scaling down operations following a week-long operation covering the Melanesian Spearhead Group summit (MSG).
The Magistrates Court has acquitted a High Court Officer accused of stealing $30,000 from the High Court Registry office in 2012. Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota acquitted former office Manager Patterson Pou due to insufficient evidence.
The High Court is yet to set a hearing date against the Chief Executive Officer of Ports Authority for contempt of Court. The Solomon Islands National Union of Workers filed the case on behalf of 16 workers the Ports CEO Collin Yow, terminated late April this year.
Australia has just announced its new ‘Safe Families’ program, aimed at addressing family violence in the Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands Australian High Commission social media page reports, this initiative is part of the Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development project.
Guadalcanal police have raided a Bottle Shop at the Ten Dollar Beach at Henderson for breaching a liquor ban enforced across the Guadalcanal Plains this week.
The Police Commissioner has again appealed to the Honiara public to maintain their security awareness at home as home break-ins and stealing continues to increase in the capital.
A stepfather has been committed to stand trial at the High Court for raping and sexually abusing his stepdaughter. The father who could not be named to protect the victim was committed by the Magistrate Court this week after a short-form preliminary inquiry.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has launched a major security operation to coincide with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ Summit here in Honiara. Corresponding to the MSG security operation, the RSIPF has enforced a Liquor Ban.
The outgoing Attorney General Billy Titiulu says the Parliamentary Entitlements Commission does not have the power to make any award to former Members of Parliament, including former Prime Ministers.
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry says ‘no’ to the involvement of MPs in the Parliamentary Entitlements Commission. SICCI Chair Tony Koraua made the statement when he delivered the Chamber’s submission to the Constitutional Review Committee in a public hearing last Friday . Mr.
The Law Reform Commission says it will review the minimum legal age of marriage for Solomon Islands women. Senior legal officer Clifton Ruele told SIBC News the current minimum legal age for Solomon Islands girls under the Islanders Marriage Act is fifteen years of age, subject to consent from…
An elderly mother from Shortland Islands says there is an urgent need to establish a Police post in Mono to curb the increasing violence in the area. Martina Ului made this statement following the death of an elderly man from Mono over the weekend from a logging dispute.
The High Court this morning convicted a former Central Bank employee for stealing more than $1.7 million in old bank notes between 2007 and 2009. Handing down the judgement this morning, Justice Leonard Maina says Bogoni’s admission during his interview with the Police was the basis of his…
