MORE Bmobile-Vodafone customers over the weekend have been utilizing the Uni14 product of the telecommunication company after the successful launch of the D-Club, last Friday. Speaking to the Solomon Star, a faithful customer of Bmobile-Vodafone Lazarus Kwairi lauded the company for such data upgrade done with the Uni14 product. “Now, I don’t have to spend…
GUADALCANAL police have arrested a man at Tenaru, East Honiara on Tuesday afternoon for brewing the illegal home brew, Kwaso. Deputy Police Commissioner Gabrial Manelusi during the police press conference on Thursday said the suspect was arrested while in the process of brewing Kwaso. “Police raided the area and confiscated the Kwaso, a 45 cylinder…
Police will be continuing to conduct their visitation program this weekend in Honiara and throughout the provinces. The visitation program is a new approach that police are engaging in to establish a better partnership with the communities. Police will visit targeted communities in Honiara and across the country. It is to help improve information and…
PM orders investigation into Rennell logging violence PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has reportedly ordered an urgent investigation into the deepening violence-related logging operations in West Rennell, Renbel Province. This followed a briefing by the Peace and Reconciliation Committee after it was approached by landowners who feared the situation on West Rennell could ignite a repeat…
Articles published in Solomon Star on “University Education for SI “makes interesting reading. SINU has been existence for the last 3 years and this is the fourth year. SINU was created by an Act of Parliament and shall remain so. SINU has changed the face of University education in the Solomon Islands. It seems that…
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Malaita Provincial government’s illegal borrowing has been referred to relevant authorities for investigation. The referral was made by a group of Malaitans who investigated the matter in the wake of the scandal. The provincial executive under the leadership of Premier Peter Ramohia has illegally borrowed more than $5 million from businessmen, some of them members…
A rare and deadly disease has been discovered in the Atori area of east Malaita last week. Dr Chellion Evan of Atoifi Hospital told the Sunday Star that five patients have been diagnosed with Meningitis. “Meningitis is a rare disease, but we’ve found five cases here with villagers of Atori,” Evan said. “The five patients…
No intention to give away Panatina Campus to USP THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has no intention of giving away its “national status” to the University of the South Pacific (USP). SINU’s Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) Professor Basil Shelton Marasinghe stated this. He was responding to recent calls for SINU to allow USP’s proposed 4th…
TRIAL did not commence on Firday on the case of two men accused of the robbery of the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) at the Kwaimani Building, East Honiara in 2014. The prosecutor in carriage of this matter is engaged in another hearing in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court and therefore could not attend to this matter. Principal…