April 13, 2018

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…

Trial for former banker set for August

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…

Man to enter plea on next appearance

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…

I paid for the freight: Hon Kopu

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…

Markers want answers

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…

500K per MP

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…

12-yr-old girl raped in Sikaiana

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…