To ensure public safety, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will not permit any application for a procession or public gathering in Honiara City as a lead up to the election of the Prime Minister on 24 April 2019.
The former Right. Honourable Prime Minister and Guadalcanal Provincial Premier, Ezekiel Alebua said, whilst he agrees that the recent National General Election was peaceful, it was among the most corrupt. In his observation, the main source of election corruption was the 2018 Electoral Act. Mr.
The present period of “regime change” needs proper financial allocation. MP elect for Honiara Central Constituency John Maffot Fugui voiced this as camps of MPs, accommodating in hotels, now utilise their power to win the number game to form the next coalition government.
Police has received a total of 190 incident reports related to the recent National General Elections. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley says of these, 63 were disturbance-related while 48 were threat allegations.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission will soon forward to parliament changes needed to be made to the country’s Electoral Act 2018. Chief Electoral Officer Mose Saitala said there were certain provisions in the Act that needs parliament’s re-consideration.
All election materials for tomorrow’s polling day have now arrived safely at their respective polling stations across the country. Chief Electoral Officer, Mose Saitala corroborated just before this bulletin went to air, deployed field officers and their equipment, materials and kitswere now at…
A liquor ban is in place starting on the 2nd to the 6th of April during the National General Election Week. Police are strongly appealing to all liquor license holders throughout the country to observe the liquor ban declared .
The Magistrate’s Court has yesterday sentenced the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development Henry Murray to 4 years imprisonment for official corruption. Chief Magistrate’s Emma Garo sentenced Mr. Murray yesterday morning.
Smart phones and other mobile phones will not be permitted into polling stations across the country on 3rd April. The Solomon Islands Electoral Office sounded this warning ahead of the National General Elections next month.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has disqualified Mark Kemakeza from running as a candidate for Savo Russell Constituency after he reportedly claimed that he was endorsed by the Solomon Islands Democratic Party, which the party refuted.
A man in his 30s from Tathimboko, Northeast Guadalcanal has threatened his family members not to vote for any other candidates except that of his choice.
The Magistrate’s court has dismissed the former Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Infrastructure Development Henry Murray’s application for stay of proceedings yesterday.
Director of Public Prosecution Ronald Bei Talasasa says, the absence of Albert Wong, a key witness to the former Member of Parliament for Savo Russell, Dickson Mua’s case has placed his office in an awkward position to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources condemned actions by poachers over the illegal harvesting of Marine Resources on the Marine Protected Island, Arnavon, Isabel province.
Caretaker Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela has admitted yesterday that the controversial Bauxite mining in Rennell island has contributed negligible amount of income to the country’s economy.
The Solomon Islands Government recommends, MV Solomon Trader’s owner, King Trader Limited (South Express Limited) removes its wrecked vessel from West Rennel.
Following more than twenty days since bauxite bulk carrier MV Solomon Trader ran aground in Rennell Island, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) confirms that oiling around the ship has now moved and begun to disperse across the surrounding sea and shoreline, contaminating the…
Solomon Islands has officially confirmed its support towards the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War, DPCW, document in an effort to promote world peace.
Solomon Islands Government Scholarships may have been secretly sold to certain members of the public. It is believed, the act involved a number of staff within the National Training Unit of the Education Ministry.
Every year, five people are being killed by saltwater crocodiles in Solomon Islands. Following growing public concerns about saltwater crocodile attacks on people, the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and…
