A father will stand trial at the Magistrate Court next month for causing actual bodily harm and indecent assault. The trial was set after a pre-trial conference this morning. The Court heard the victims in the case are the wife and stepdaughter of the defendant.
Two men lost their lives early Thursday morning after a traffic accident on Durukau hill between Fouambu clinic and Kakara village in Malaita Province. Provincial Police Commander Malaita Alfred Uiga says the accident was caused by a mechanical fault to the vehicle as it was travelling up the hill.
The Central Bank is yet to receive any application for the SolomonIslands Women Micro-business award since its opening this month. Applications will close on the 31st of this month. CBSI is encouraging women throughout the country who own and run a business to submit their application soon.
Chairman of the Gold Ridge Mining Limited Walton Naezon says as of yesterday the National Government has supplied three communities with tanks. He says the chairman of the Government task force has confirmed that tanks were supplied to communities living near the Gold Ridge site.
A juvenile charged with one count of rape appeared in the Magistrate Court this morning and denied the charge. The defendant allegedly committed the offence on the 5th of May this year in a village in North Guadalcanal. This morning, when the charged was read to him, he denied it.
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea’s Honiara Open Campus are appealing to both the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea Governments to strengthen the establishment and operation of the institution in Honiara.
Young people from eight communities across Guadalcanal were able to address their issues and concerns to representatives from provincial and local governments and youth stakeholders at the Guadalcanal Youth Forum held yesterday at the Mendana Hotel.
In Sports, the South East Vella La Vella 2015, Constituency Soccer tournament has reached its finals today. The tournament held at Maravari in South Vella has attracted 15 soccer teams within the constituency. Speaking to SIBC sports, freelancer Alfred Pagepitu reports.
Three MPs have joined the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG), bolstering government numbers. They are: the MP for West Guadalcanal Hon. Moses Garu and MP for East Makira Hon. Alfred Ghiro and MP for Malaita Outer Islands Martin Mokolo Kealoe.
A twelve member group representing the Volekana Tribe in Choiseul Province has met Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday to discuss the group’s development aspirations on their tribal lands.
One of the signatory tribes to the Tina Hydro project is threatening to pull out of the project. Chair of Kochiabolo tribe George Vari told SIBC News his tribe will pull out of the project because the Government has delayed its valuation report and payment for the access road to the hydro project.
The Honiara City Council with the support of the Honiara Economic Development Support Project – HEDSUP has installed 20 rubbish bins in the City. A media statement from HCC says the bins are placed along the streets from the Art Gallery to the Honiara Casino at Point Cruz.
The Magistrate Court has sentenced a man to serve nine months in prison for stealing $800.00 from an elderly man in May 2012. Luke Lale was sentenced early this week after pleading guilty to the charges of larceny from a person, escape from lawful custody and common assault.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force lacks detail of a suspicious death in Honiara early this week. Eye witnesses say a carpenter believed to be in his 20s working for an Asian had sustained injuries to his head and other body parts was rushed to the hospital on the eve of the Independence…
Solomon Islands athletic golden girl, Sharon Firisua has dedicated her Gold medals to her late father, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Solomon Islands National Sports Council the late David Firisua.
The National Government through the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and its National and Provincial Disaster Committees are currently conducting Post Disaster Impacts and Needs Assessments in the Provinces recently affected by Tropical Cyclone Raquel.
A founder of the West Are’are Rokotanikeni Association Dr. Alice Pollard has said her association’s achievement shows that there is potential for women to save and engage in economic development activities.
A one-day induction training on reviving flag raising ceremony successfully ended in Honiara yesterday. The training is is part of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government’s policy in the peacebuilding sector to revive flag raising ceremony in Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands has won a fifth gold medal in the 15th Pacific Games in Port Moresby, thanks to 18-year-old Solomon Islands long distance runner, Rosifelo Siosi. SIBC’s Bart Basia reports from Port Moresby.
The Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs will present to cabinet its first ever National Strategy on economic empowerment for women in the coming days.
