Voir dire trial date yet to be set
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE court is yet to set the date for the Voir Dire trial on the case against Samson Dagi. The court was told yesterday that the prosecutor in carriage of the case is currently in Lata for…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE court is yet to set the date for the Voir Dire trial on the case against Samson Dagi. The court was told yesterday that the prosecutor in carriage of the case is currently in Lata for…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA CASE of a man facing 19 counts of larceny by servant was set for trial in August and September this year. The prosecution said that they are looking at two weeks of trial and suggested dates are…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case against a man charged with three counts of arson has adjourned for the next 14 days for plea. This is the case against Francis Sabale of Haroro Village in Ngella. Police alleged that the accused…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA MEMBER of Parliament for Temotu Pele Dudley Kopu has told the court that he is the one who had paid for freighting of building materials to Vanikoro. Mr Kopu is one of the prosecution witnesses who testified…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE premier primary school of the Seventh Day Adventist in Bellona has been closed following failure by the SDA Mission to develop the school after 54 years. Owner of the land on which the school stands, Jim…
By Gary Hatigeva A number of school teachers involved in the marking of both primary and secondary exam papers for 2017 have raised concerns and frustrations over the delay in payments for what they refer to as ‘job done’. Speaking…
By Mike Puia THE country’s newly appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Solomon Islands Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, has vowed to do his best to increase Solomon Islands’ visibility in the international scene. Barrett Salato was speaking to…
By Gary Hatigeva MEMBERS of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) throughout Solomon Islands and the Pacific region are in mourning for the loss of one of their well respected and outspoken pastors, Francis Feratalia who passed away on Tuesday at…
Micro-project funding converted into discretionary fund By Alfred Sasako MICRO project funding administered by Parliament has been converted into discretionary funds giving Members of Parliament direct control over the use of half a million dollars each annually. The information was…
A 12-year old girl has been allegedly raped by a man in his late 30s in the island of Sikaiana early this week. Accounts from locals say currently they are afraid to apprehend the man, who is part Sikaiana and…