Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Death in custody case with Chief Magistrate
THE Director of Public Prosecution has confirmed that the case in regards to the death of a young man in police custody last year was already referred to the Chief Magistrate. “I have referred the matter to the Chief Magistrate. He will form his own opinion. “After doing so, the Chief Magistrate will decide when to conduct an Inquiry,” Mr Talasasa said. He also said the Chief Magistrate will make his own assessment on whether the case warrants a Death Inquiry. Mr Talasasa also recently explained the process of theRead More
One arrest over boats stealing at Tulagi
ONE of the thieves involved in the stealing of a diving boat MV Taka and a tourist sailing boat was arrested on Monday morning by Tulagi Police. According to the Tulagi Senior Constable in charge of investigations, two groups from Central Ngella were involved in the stealing. One group was for the sailing boat while the other was for the diving boat. Upon arresting one of the group members involved in the stealing of MV Taka by Tulagi police had linked them to the other group stealing the sailing boatRead More
PS Sikua to appear in court today
THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police and National Security Edmond Sikua is to appear in court again this morning on charges of official corruption. His appearance today is to enable the Prosecution to inform the court on the specifics of bail variation that the defence lawyer is seeking for his client. The application to vary the bail condition has come about because the accused was not suspended from his job as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police and National Security. Defence lawyer Gabriel Suri made the application.Read More
Embezzlement trial date yet to be set
TRIAL date into the case against a woman facing charges of conversion and embezzlement is yet to be set. The court was told that the trial date on the matter has not been set as the defence lawyer is still not available. The prosecution said the accused was represented by a lawyer from the Public Solicitor’s Office and no instruction was given regarding the trial date. Meanwhile, a lawyer from PSO who was present in court during the hearing also confirmed that there was no instruction given on the matter,Read More
Malaita premier rejects claims of illegal borrowings
MALAITA Premier Peter Ramohia has refuted claims his Government illegally borrowed $12.6 million and is repaying the loan with a 20 percent interest. In Parliament last year, the Minister for Provincial government and institutional Strengthening, David Tome, informed the House that Malaita Province had “illegally borrowed $12.6 million since 2013.” Mr Tome also said Malaita “continues to repay up to now with $1.9M still outstanding, interest rate by the lenders of 20 percent.” No action has been taken against members of the provincial government, the Minister said. Former Governor ofRead More
21 MPs on Police radar
UP to 21 Members of Parliament and former MPs face immediate arrest as police move to clear a backlog of alleged diversions of the infamous Rural Constituency Development Fund (RCDF) grants. A number of Ministers in the DCC government are said to be in the group, sources familiar with the police investigation into the matter have confirmed. How fast police move on the cases depends largely on political undercurrents. Advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is also a big factor in moving cases forward asRead More
Government salutes USP
THE Government of Solomon Islands has saluted the University of South Pacific for the introduction of Digital Learning Programme under the Tablet Learning project. Speaking on behalf of the government, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development Dr Franko Rodie said USP has raised the standard of learning in the country with the introduction of digital learning. He said the new learning approach will boost and also encourage students to be self-oriented and explore further while they are studying. Dr Franko who was also the guestRead More
USP launches digital learning programme
THE University of South Pacific (USP) Solomon Islands Campus has launched its Digital Learning Programme yesterday. The new programme will see first year degree students both SIG and Private sponsored who have completed their registration formalities to receive a set of Tablet each for training purposes. Acting Director of USP Solomon Islands Campus, Dr Patricia Rodie said the USP SI Campus is pleased to kick off 2017 Academic year with the introduction of the Tablet Learning project. She said the new learning approach will bring education closure to students’ homeRead More
Amended Adoption Bill commended
THE Adoption (Amendment) Bill has been dubbed a way forward to protect Solomon Islands children who are being adopted by people residing overseas. This is according to the Report on the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 compiled by the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) toward the end of last year (2016). The BLC is a standing select parliamentary committee and is responsible to review all draft legislation prepared for introductions to parliament; examine all subsidiary legislation made under any Act so as to ensure compliance with the Acts under which theyRead More
Drop in littering in Honiara
LITTERING in Honiara City is reducing, a report from Honiara City Council (HCC) reveals. HCC Works Division report suggests that this is due to increased awareness among Honiara residents on the bad side of littering and the campaign against waste. A staff from the HHC Works said “With this current behaviour it portrays people or the dwellers of Honiara knew what to do when it comes to littering. “I want to encourage the same kind of behaviour to be among people so that together we can make Honiara clean. “HCCRead More