PRIME Minister Rick Hou and Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have strengthened their government’s commitment in the under-sea cable project. In a joint statement between both leaders after their bilateral meeting yesterday, both prime ministers agreed; “Today we affirm our…
PRIME Minister Rick Hou has joined Commonwealth Leaders around the world in advocating against Malaria by renewing the pledge to fight it. Hou addressed the Malaria Summit London at the 8 Northumberland Avenue in a meeting that was attended by…
COMMUNITIES on Kolombangara Island in Western province will benefit from a newly built police post at Poitete which was officially handed over to police on April 17, 2018. Kolombangara Forest Plantation Limited (KFPL) built the new police post. Representatives of…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Matthew Varley has condemned the alleged sexual offence committed by a police constable in Makira province. Speaking during the Commissioner’s weekly media conference, Mr Varley said the case is another extremely serious issue which relates…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki MALAITA Provincial Government (MPG) and a representative from Israel’s Ambassador Office in Canberra celebrated the 70th Independence Anniversary of Israel in Auki. An official dinner hosted representatives from various stakeholders in Auki and members of the…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA REPRESENTATIVES of Pacific countries who are members of the Forum have gathered in Honiara over the past days to discuss issues surrounding maritime security threats in the region in an information sharing workshop at the Forum Fisheries…
POLICE in Honiara are still searching for a missing man after recovering the body of a local woman who was found offshore near the South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) compound in Central Honiara yesterday evening. Honiara City Provincial Police Commander…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE judgment on the case against the former permanent secretary for Ministry of Infrastructure Development and his wife will be made on April 27. The decision should have made yesterday at the Honiara Magistrate Court but the…
POLICE in Kirakira, Makira-Ulawa Province are investigating an alleged rape of a 5-year-old child at Rurunga Village on Ugi Island on April 12, 2018. Makira-Ulawa Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent Peter Sitai says, “So far no arrest has been made…
A man in his 30s has been remanded to appear before the Eastern Magistrate Court in Kirakira on April 26, 2018, on one count of grievous harm. It is alleged the man attacked his wife on March 29, 2018 after…
