THE Government plans to host a national reconciliation ceremony next month. The week-long National Healing and Apology programme is scheduled to be held in Honiara from June 30 to July 6. It will start with a National Peace March, to be followed by a powerful speech from Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. The aim of this…
Dear Editor – One could not be left appalled by the way our students are now scrambling to return from PNG institutions over the recent political events resulting in the shooting of protesting students and the eventual closing down of normal classes. It is common knowledge that this is not the first time this has…
Solomon Island’s Parliamentary system is based on the Westminster democratic system of British. A system which requires people from respective constituencies to elect a representative to represent them at the parliament. And their role is to debate and ask questions at their constituents’ behalf. The parliamentary representative is called a Member of Parliament. The role…
Solomon Island’s Parliamentary system is based on the Westminster democratic system of British. A system which requires people from respective constituencies to elect a representative to represent them at the parliament. And their role is to debate and ask questions at their constituents’ behalf. The parliamentary representative is called a Member of Parliament. The role…
THE government is working with the European Union to lift the yellow card this year. Solomon Islands was yellow carded and issued a warning in 2014 by the EU. This was because they did not comply with the IUU regulations (Illegal Unreported and Unregulated) on fishing activities in the region. Minister of Foreign Affairs and…
RNZI: The vice-chancellor of the University of Technology in Papua New Guinea says he’s confident the majority of his students will return to class this week. Students across PNG have been boycotting lectures since the beginning of May while demanding the Prime Minister step down to face fraud allegations. Vice-chancellor, Dr Albert Schram, said UNITECH’s…
Having access to natural resources is now becoming a problem for Langalanga people in the Malaita province. This was revealed by a concern Langalanga Chief George Jeremiah Gulaewale in an interview with the Solomon Star on Wednesday. Chief Gulaewale said having access to land to make garden and accessing bush materials for house building is…
Gov’t to stage healing, apology week A WEEK-LONG national healing and apology programme will be conducted in Honiara starting on 30 June 2016. The programme, spearheaded by the national government, will bring Malaita and Guadalcanal provinces to say sorry to each other over the killings and hatred that took place during the ethnic tension. Prime…
THE Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) says it is hoping to get the green light to rearm the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force this year. In June next year the Australian and New Zealand-led regional security mission will wrap up more than 14 years of helping to rebuild the country after several years…
Kwaraea Community High School in West Kwara’e will today host their annual cultural day activity at the school compound. This is second time in the history of the school to host such event. Last year the school came up with an idea to revive culture and its importance for the students as a way of…