November 2017

Closing submission on arson case today

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA CLOSING submission on the case against three men alleged of setting fire to five excavators in Rennell Island will be made in Honiara Magistrate Court today. The accused men – Oea Tiki, Tangosia Jimmy and Taukia Willie,…

Aipia and cohort’s case in court today

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA DR Reginald Aipia and his American business consultant will again appear in court today. Dr Aipia is facing charges of engaging in commercial aquaculture without valid licence and prohibition of catches and retains of beche-de-mer, and his…

SICCI Business Excellence Awards 2017

DEAR Editor, Quoting the SIBC news last night, 6 November 2017, businesses large and small, including those tech-focused and those agriculturally based, were recognized at the recent Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 4th annual Business Excellence Awards. “Kokonut…

Who voted ‘for’ and ‘against’

BY BEN BILUA TWENTY-seven members of Parliament have voted to remove Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during yesterday’s no-confidence motion while 23 voted against. Under standing orders of Parliament, the Speaker of Parliament went around the house to seek leaders’ votes…