MMF president calls for overhaul of the high court By Alfred Sasako THE Malaita Masina Forum (MMF) has bought into on-going controversies surrounding some High Court judgements, claiming the High Court is in urgent need of a major clean up.…
Solomon Islands and China sign multi-million-dollar development package for covid-19, rehab & 2023 Pacific Games By Alfred Sasako SOLOMON Islands and China have signed a multi-million dollar deal which will go a long way in easing Solomons’ financial burdens. The…
By Alfred Sasako THE Government is believed to have appointed a three-man committee, which will take the next stage of the inquiry into the MV Taimareho tragedy forward, it was revealed last night. Twenty-seven people, mostly high school students perished…
By Alfred Sasako AS the impact of the state of emergency measures introduced by the Government since March 27 begins to bite, ordinary people living in and outside the Honiara City boundary areas are asking questions about last weekend’s curfew.…
By Alfred Sasako THE absence of section 66(1) in the new Electoral Act 2018 is reportedly having a demoralising effect on lawyers who have lost their clients’ election petition cases, it was revealed on Sunday 12th April. “The omission of…
Curfew day-two nets 10 – commissioner praises citizens for their behaviour By Alfred Sasako ACTING Police Commissioner, Mostyn Mangau, has praised the people living within the Honiara City boundary emergency zone for their behaviour during the two-day curfew which ended…
By Alfred Sasako FIFTY-THREE people, four of them women, were arrested for allegedly breaching emergency rules under the 8pm-5am curfew, which came into force for the first time on Friday night, police said last night. They face a $10, 000-fine,…
By Alfred Sasako AS authorities pored through details of what went wrong in the sea tragedy involving the West Are’Are Constituency ship, MV Taimareho last weekend, a relative of one of the 27 people who perished in the accident has…
By Alfred Sasako LABORATORY equipment and test kits to help the Solomon Islands’ Government in its fight to keep the COVID-19 at bay are expected to arrive in Honiara next week, it was confirmed last night. The announcement of the…
-Government’s state of emergency playing into hands of employers, also exposing evil deeds -Indigenous employees fall victim By Alfred Sasako THE State of Emergency, declared by the Government on Friday, March 27 in the fight to keep the deadly COVID-19…