Temotu premier charged with 14 counts of conversion BY JENNIFER KUSAPA TEMOTU premier and former Member of Parliament for Temotu VATUD constituency, Clay Soalaoi Forau, is facing 14 counts of conversion in relation to an agricultural project fund in 2012.…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA ACTING Australian High Commissioner Sally-Anne Vincent has announced that Australia through its Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) has awarded 125 students to undertake studies in selected Rural Training Centres. Ms Vincent said out of the 125 awardees,…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA TECHNICAL Vocational Education Training or Rural Training Centre is seen as second chance education for those who are unable to further their studies in the formal education sector. Solomon Islands Association of Rural Training Centres (SIARTC) is…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE High Court has imposed a suspended sentence on a 29-year-old woman guilty of killing her new-born baby. High Court Judge Justice Maelyn Bird in sentencing told the woman that her action had deprived the child of…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A 22-year-old male has been sent to jail for indecently assaulting his cousin sister. The 22-year-old pleaded guilty on Tuesday and is sentenced to one year four months. He is convicted of one count of indecent act.…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA ABOUT 20 young people from rural Guadalcanal are being trained with the Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association on Family Life Education. It is a first of its kind for SIPPA to roll-out the programme under the United…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA SOLOMON Ports has refuted allegations CEO Eranda Kotelawala shipped out company vehicle during his recent travel overseas to attend to his mother’s 100 days celebration. Solomon Ports when responding to queries on the claim said the vehicle…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA Three Chinese men alleged to have assaulted a person at the LCSM business area on 18 April 2022 have pleaded not guilty. They are facing the charge of common assault. The three accused are from Guandong province…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRINCIPAL Magistrate Tearo Beneteti has ordered prosecution to serve summons on a woman, Esther Jareth, surety for the accused, Jareth Sialo, to appear in court on Monday next week. This is for the woman to pay the…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirmed in his nation-wide address yesterday that international borders will re-open fully on 1 July 2022. He said all international arrivals to Solomon Islands will no longer undergo institutional quarantine, but can proceed…