BY JENNIFER KUSAPA CHIEF Magistrate Emma Garo has refused to grant bail for accused Junior Mostyn Maenu’u (PUFF). Ms Garo yesterday said she accepts that bail is a right guaranteed by the constitution and also accepts that presumption of innocence…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Robson Djokovic has been ordered to pay a fine of $1,700 by Wednesday August 5 after he was convicted of careless driving. The court imposed a fine and ordered that once…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE case against the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Robson Djokovic, is still with the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Andrew Kelesi confirmed this yesterday saying they are still working on the…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THERE is silence from the Government as to why there is a delay in appointing a Police Commissioner – eight months on. Secretary to Cabinet repeated the usual rhetoric to the paper that the appointment is ‘still…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A local fisherman has questioned the government on just how accessible the Economic Stimulus Package is for rural people. He said listening through the radio and reading from newspapers about the Stimulus package, only few can access…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE High Court has delivered its judgment on two separate petition cases on Monday 18th May. This is the judgment on petition cases against Member of Parliament for Central Guadalcanal Peter Shanel Agovaka and Member of Parliament…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A 36-hour lockdown is proposed for next week for Honiara emergency zone from Poha Rive to Alligator Creek.This is part of government measure and preparedness for possible COVID-19 positive test.Prime Manasseh Sogavare in his nationwide address yesterday…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA ANOTHER curfew is expected next week once the cabinet gives an approval. Responding to a question asked by a journalist yesterday, Acting Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau confirmed that a sub-committee is looking at that issue of a…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA WITH this year’s theme ‘Nursing the World to HEALTH’ a female nurse who works at the National Referral Hospital says she is proud of her career in saving lives though facing much challenges. The female nurse, who…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA UNDER Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development James Bosamata has confirmed during a government talk-back show on Sunday 3rd May that schools outside of emergency zones will resume classes as of May 11,…