BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO CIVIL society groups in the Western province are calling on the Ministry of provincial government (MPGIS) to answer why the Western provincial government is still active and holding assembly when nominations for the next provincial elections…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE court has set a trial date for a man alleged of burning a kitchen early this year. Yesterday both prosecution and defence agreed to have the trial proceed in the first week of June, and set…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE trial into the case against the Member of Parliament for Baegu/Asifola constituency has adjourned yesterday to today to allow defence time to consult with his client. The court was told that defence lawyer Michael Pitakaka needs…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA A Chinese woman has pleaded guilty to six counts of larceny and embezzlement to the sum of more than $400,000 from her employer in cash and cartons of cigarette. Tong Jian Jing was an employee of the…
5 PNG nationals safe in Honiara after nine-week adrift BY BARNABAS MANEBONA FIVE PNG nationals have been rescued in the high seas of Solomon Islands’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Friday last week after drifting for nine weeks. The five…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE STUDENTS of Don Bosco Technology Institute on May 3 were treated to a new experience – learning Mandarin. According to Ms Kue-Mi Li, a Taiwanese teacher currently teaching Mandarin at SINU, it was at first a…
BY DANNY KAKADI KING George Sixth School bagged a double victory in the opening day of the 2018 Samlimsan School Hockey League yesterday in Honiara. The King George Sixth’s boys and girls teams took on Don Bosco’s girls and boys…
BY ROMULUS HUTA FIVE of the athletes representing Solomon Islands in the Melanesian Athletics Championship which will get underway in Vanuatu this week will compete for spots in this year’s Youth Olympic Games in Argentina. The Melanesian Athletics Championship will…
BY ROMULUS HUTA ISLANDERS Brothers Rugby Club has finalised its team for the Henderson Hammer Heads (HHH) Man Up Challenge. A total of 33 players were named after their training session yesterday evening. The 33 players comprise 20 forwards and…
By Taromane Martin THE Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) will send over the formal letters to disqualify Auki and Kilusakwalo Community High Schools on Friday 11th May. Both Malaita Provincial High Schools were recently disqualified from this year’s Credit…
