THE Parliamentary Opposition has called for the investigation, arrest and deportation of Skyline Investment Group director Jason Liu Tao. This followed a Solomon Star front page report that Mr Tao has owed Heritage Park Hotel more than $87,000 hotel bills, while one of his associates Pan Yan Bing who has also already left the country,…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare is now in Fiji attending the 3rd Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Leader’s Summit in Suva. The PIDF3 is expected to be a historic event as this year’s event will see the promulgation of the PIDF Charter by the People of the Pacific that will formally establish the PIDF as an…
SACRED items stolen from the private chapel of Catholic Archbishop Adrian Smith have been returned after the Solomon Star published news of the weekend theft on Wednesday. “I am pleased to report that the most important of the sacred items stolen have been returned today,” Archbishop Smith told the Solomon Star last night. “Unfortunately I…
THE Prime Minister’s Office has not engaged its research office in its dealing with scammers Skyline Investment Group of China. That was according to a spokesman for the Caucus Office. “No, we were not engaged in this arrangement,” a spokesman told the Solomon Star yesterday. “The arrangement was single-handedly done by the Special Secretary to…
ABOUT 208 youths have graduated from Youth@Work yesterday after having successfully completed their phase seven of the Youth@Work internship program. The completion of the program saw the youths excited about the opportunities ahead of them. The graduation marked the end of the community service and training components of the program with most of the young…
The Permanent Secretary for Forestry Ministry, Vaeno Vigulu is confident the bold move with the current undertaking reform within the Ministry is on track. He noted with significant progress made into the completion of the reviewed agro-forestry regulations this week. “Reform intentions remain intact and I will make sure that all necessary areas for reforms…
A TWENTY (20) member youth ambassadors from the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan will be in the country next week. A statement from the Taiwan Embassy said, the 2015 youth ambassadors will be led by Mr. Sung, Wen-Cheng, Director General on Home Assignment of Asia and Pacific Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They will…
TWO turtle conservation groups in the country have received support from the government this week. Marau Community Nesting Beach Conservation from Guadalcanal province and Haevo-Kulona Foundation Conservation from Isabel on Tuesday received sets of stationeries and field –monitoring equipment from the environment and conservation Division in Honiara. The handing over was conducted by the director…
TETOLI community high and primary school on Duff island in Temotu Province is calling on Solomon Island Government(SIG)and aid donors to help improve their school infrastructure on the Island. The school was badly affected by the recent cyclone Pam which hit the island early this year. Pam pulled down some of the classrooms and staff…
UTUPUA islanders in Temotu province have appealed to both Solomon Telekom and Bmobile/Vodafone companies to extend their communication network services to the island. They said, both telecommunication firms are cordially invited to construct communication network towers on the island so they too can access communications to the rest of the global community. Temotu Provincial member…