SOLOMON Islands National Provident Fund (NPF) has filed a case in the High Court to recover the $15 million loan it lent to Tavanipupu Island Resort. This was after owners of the resort failed to repay the loan. NPF’s deputy manager Mike Wate told the Solomon Star they are currently pursuing the recovery actions under…
HONIARA businessman Sir Bruce Saunders recently visited the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Each day, one of the 102,000 Australian servicemen is honored at the Australian War Memorial. These daily commemoration ceremonies include a piper playing a lament, wreath laying and recollection of the service of the serviceman. Sir Bruce met with the Curator, Brendan…
PASSENGERS traveling on board Express Pelican to Malaita on Saturday expressed fear and shock when the fast craft’s engine abruptly stopped, less than an hour away to Auki. The incident happened mid-morning during the vessel’s Friday trip to the Malaita provincial capital. “We’ve already passed Alite reef and heading towards the Auki harbour when the…
THE Pacific Business Mentoring program has ended a week long mentoring with the new clients. The closing ceremony was attended by the New Zealand High Commissioner, Her Excellency Marion Crawshaw, Development Counsellors Naomi Kyriacopoulos, Ana Reid and Chamber of Commerce CEO Jerry Maiki Tengemoana. This is the 4th year of the program, which is coordinated…
FORMER cabinet minister, Alfred Sasako, has welcomed the new Commissioner of Police, Frank Prendergast, who formally took up his controversial appointment last Friday. Mr Sasako said he’s pleased Mr Prendergast has identified leadership at constable level as a priority area to develop during his two-year tenure at the helm of the Royal Solomon Islands Police…
GOVERNMENT has stepped in and suspended the Renbel Provincial Assembly following in the wake of the unresolved political impasse that has affected the delivery of services to the people of the province. Provincial Government Minister Silas Tausinga issued the order on Thursday 4th September 2014, suspending the provincial Government under section 44(1) (b) of the…
RNZI: THE Prime Ministers of Fiji and Solomon Islands have been called on to sort out the row over civil aviation rights that has seen flights between the two countries suspended for seven weeks. The impasse began mid July when Solomon Islands civil aviation authorities denied a Fiji Airways application for an additional Saturday flight…
PRIME Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has called on politicians to stop engineering riots during the process of electing prime ministers. Mr Lilo made the call whilst moving the sine die motion in parliament, Thursday. Mr Lilo said that it was obvious previously riots that escalated during the election of various prime ministers including himself were…
STUDENTS of Honiara High School have been warned against trespassing into the compound of nearby ABA Corporation in Chinatown. Anthony Hong of ABA issued the warning after several students trespassing into their area were bitten by their dogs. These are students who left school early without permission and sneaked through an opening in the fence…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) has concluded a one-day workshop on Wednesday 3 September 2014 at the Hotel Kitano Mendana. The workshop aimed to familiarise senior managers and heads of divisions with the restructuring program now underway at the ministry and to engage staff to progress the restructuring process by assessing…