Dear Editor– I wish to convey my sincere gratitude and to express my view points as the sun is setting in the Western end of the ninth Parliament. The ‘Hey Days’ of some of the Parliament members of the outgoing government would certainly over as of this week, as the ninth Parliament finally dissolved. Their…
EAST Choiseul voters should be proud of themselves and their outgoing Member of Parliament, Manasseh Sogavare. Mr Sogavare topped the attendance roll of the last and 9th parliament, whose term ended Monday this week. That’s according to a survey Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) conducted, which was published in this paper. Mr Sogavare demonstrated a final…
It’s interesting when I skim and scanning through the previous articles in the Solomon star regarding about the above caption. There is years of silent about the team western united since its establishment not until criticism arose. There are positive comments been mention but I never seen it in practical demonstration and here is one…
Solomon Islands Bar Association (SIBA) has categorically denies allegations levelled against its president, Mr Donald Marahare, having a hand in the decision alluded to by Mr Alfred Sasako in an article which appeared in this paper last Friday. In a statement SIBA said the article carried by the paper further signifies continuous desperate but so…
Dear Editor –The fight against measles must continue because of the increasing number of cases now being recorded in the country. It’s a war that is far from over and I think it cannot be tackled sooner. Government through the ministry of health must take another step in addressing the issue with the help from…
Dear Editor – I wish to be given the opportunity to write through this forum to express my concern over the issue of nursing students who are still waiting to do their probation. To my understanding once the nursing students completed their studies, they will have to undergo a year of probation by working in…
A man has been arrested with his 54 marijuana plant being uprooted on Wednesday. Police media unit said Police CID officers at Central Police Station uprooted the plants and charged the male suspect, following tip of from members of the public. The dangerous cannabis have been farmed at the Panatina valley area, East Honiara. The…
THE man accused of his wife’s death at Lambi, West Guadalcanal in 2009, will this afternoon know whether he has a case to answer to the manslaughter charge against him. His lawyer has lodged a no case to answer submission at the close of the prosecution case yesterday. Prosecution called five witnesses including two doctors.…
POLICE is yet to recover a man who fell off from MV Kosco near Ringi harbour. The passenger and cargo vessel was on its routine trip to Western Province when the man from Kwaio, Malaita fell into the sea. The incident led to relative holding up the boat with a demand that the body be…
HONIARA was buzzing with excitement on Thursday after close to 2000 tourists from Australia landed at our shores. The one day visit had given smiles to the organisers, local craftsmen and women, cab and bus drivers, shop owners, tour guides, ports authority, banks, entertainers and the public at large. And one of the person who…