The 2013 Police Act will be launched next week. Acting Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga announced the launching today in Honiara. Commissioner Matanga told her weekly press conference today, next week’s launching follows a long and challenging discussion process to review and compile the Act.
The Law Reform Commission should have a new Chairperson by July this year. Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs, Commins Mewa made the assurance to the Commission during yesterday’s handover of the Commission’s third report on mental impairment.
Two New Caledonian nationals who confessed to failing to declare more than 80-thousand dollars when they entered the country, have been fined 32-thousand dollars. The duo, a couple, were charged with failing to declare foreign currencies to the Customs & Immigration and false declaration.
A former government worker has questioned why the National Transport Board has not addressed the continuous traffic problems in Honiara. George Kuper said the National Transport Board should create ideas to ease the frequent congestions.
A man from Small Malaita has called on all community chiefs and landowners of Small Malaita to put away their differences and reopen the Parasi airstrip so as to reap its benefits. Parasi airport was closed after a land dispute.
UN Women Solomon Islands will next week join International Women’s Day celebration in Honiara. International Women’s Day is celebrated to acknowledge progress made for women’s rights, women’s empowerment and gender equality in the region.
The Law Reform Commission has today handed over its report on Mental Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Fitness to Plead to the Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs.
Solomon Islands is lagging behind its Pacific neighbors in sanitation and hygiene and needs to be sped up as quickly as possible, says the National Director of Environmental Health Tom Nanau.
Plans are underway to introduce form seven in Ruavatu School next year. Guadalcanal’s Chief Education Officer Meshach Suia made the statement during his visit to Ruavatu Secondary School in East Guadalcanal last week.
Solomon Airlines and the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau have announced a new memorandum of understanding to advertise and promote the Solomon Islands overseas.
An Interplast Australia and New Zealand Nurse Education team are currently visiting the Solomon Islands. A statement from the Australian High Commission Office says the team is working at the National Referral Hospital to provide two concurrent training programs, one for local nursing staff and one…
The Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs is planning for a new building to accommodate a number of its key judicial bodies. They include the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Public Solicitor’s Office and the Attorney General’s Chambers.
About 50 communities in the country will benefit from a project on water and sanitation to be implemented by UNICEF. The communities are located within Choiseul, Makira, Isabel, Temotu and Rennell-Bellona Provinces.
The Government will tomorrow receive a law reform report on Mental Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Fitness to Plead. A press statement from the Law Reform Commission today says this will be the third report from their review of the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code the Commission…
Six youths are currently attending a 5-day radio workshop that aims to produce a live radio talk back show on the importance of water sanitation and hygiene in Solomon Islands.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has advised the media to report accurately and fairly on the Biometric Voter Registration exercise, so as not to confuse the people.
The Joint Civil Society Groups and Concerned Citizens are calling on the Electoral Commission to immediately cancel the Uta Shipping Limited contract saying there are ‘serious conflicts of interest’ involving Isabel MP Selwyn Riumana.
A group of landowners and indigenous people in West Guadalcanal have expressed concern over the Prime Minister’s buying of land at Doma. Speaking on behalf of the people of Tamboko, Vatusi and Taru in Tandai ward – Chief Charles Tanda said the land was purchased without the consent of the rightful…
A public bus driver has been fined 1-thousand-5-hundred dollars for careless driving. The 40-year-old man had collided with the a green Mitsubishi Pajero at the Mendana Avenue in Honiara in October last year. The collision caused damage to the Pajero’s windscreen.
A young Electrical student of Kaotave Rural Training Centre is standing trial at the High Court for rape. Police allege the accused raped a grade six student at the Balasuna river in October 2012.
