Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was sworn-in before the Governor General Sir Frank Kabui at Government House this afternoon after his election victory.
The High Court has acquitted a man from Malaita Province accused of drowning a young man at Sun Valley on May 23rd 2010. Justice Francis Mwanesalua acquitted him saying the prosecution’s key witness was unreliable in his evidence to the Court.
The Ministry of Fisheries has imposed tough measures over methods of harvesting beche-der-mer with its recent announcement to lift the ban for three months. The Government has lifted the ban from the first of this month to harvest and sell the marine commodity.
The ban on the harvest and sale of beche-de-mer or sea cucumber has been lifted for three months – and started on December 1 this year. The ban was publicised via a public notice published in newspapers and aired on radio today.
The High Court has adjourned its judgement to Monday next week for the drowning and murder of a young man in Tamone settlement, Sun Valley in September 2010. The verdict was set for yesterday afternoon, but it was adjourned because the presiding judge is yet to complete it.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirms the extension of the liquor ban covering the election of the Prime Minster and Provincial election next week.
The High Court has convicted a 73 year old custom doctor from Isabel province for raping a 15 year old girl at a village in Isabel province last year. The man initially stood trial for two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault.
A two-day rapid assessment and strategies workshop to end child labour in Solomon Islands was successfully completed in Honiara this afternoon. Attended by stakeholders from Government agencies and civil society, the workshop was led by the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor,…
Solomon Islands and the world will become a better place to live in if the home is a secure place. The Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer made the statement in his keynote address to officially launch the 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence Campaign in Honiara yesterday.
Two men alleged to be part of the group attempting to murder a Rennell Bellona man at a walk-through Kai Bar in Point Cruz earlier this month, have appeared behind bars at the Magistrate Court this morning.
Celebratory floats will only be allowed if winning candidates have obtained formal approval from their respective Provincial Governments or the Honiara City Council, says the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force.
As many as 200 registered voters from Shortland Islands were unable to cast their ballot papers today, after a ship scheduled to travel to the islands this week was cancelled.
The Political Parties Commission says it maintains its stands that the Act to ensure integrity in political parties that is currently in force, is a good law.
A nation-wide liquor ban has been put in place – beginning from today, until next Wednesday. Caretaker Minister for Home Affairs, Manasseh Maelanga signed the ban and the gazette of the ban has been published in an extra ordinary gazette today.
Registered Political Parties are the only parties that will be able to form a coalition for the next government as prescribed by the Political Parties Integrity Act, says the Political Parties Commission.
A man from North Malaita charged with attempted rape and indecent assault has denied the charges and pled ‘not guilty’ before a Principal Magistrate in Court this morning. He is being charged with one count of attempt rape and three counts of indecent assault.
The High Court has ruled that the Political Parties Integrity Act does not breach constitutional rights of the Solomon Islands Democratic Party. The Democratic Party had sought High Court clarification on if the Act contravenes the Solomon Islands Constitution in some of its sections.
The outcome of the High Court decision on the case challenging the constitutionality of the Political Parties Integrity Act (PPIA) will not affect the national general elections. Attorney General Billy Titiulu made the comments.
The Law Reform Commission has a new Chair. The Commission has been without a head since 2009, after the former Chair, Sir Frank Kabui was elected Governor General.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has arrested four men in relation to the recent attack on a man at the Kingsley Kai bar in Point Cruz. The attack was believed to be in relation to a logging disagreement between land owners and a logging company in Rennell and Bellona province.
