Western Provincial Assembly Member for Ward 7 Vonunu Christian Mesepitu has officially been sworn-in as the newly elected Premier of Western Province. The announcement was made publicly in Gizo from top the balcony of the XL Building at mid-afternoon yesterday in front of a crowd of people who have been waiting patiently for the news.…
The National Government has called on the Leader of Opposition to man up and admit his wrong judgement in playing along with the people who masterminded the senseless looting and rioting that happened in Honiara. In a statement, the National Government stated that it is common knowledge that prior to the looting and rioting Matthew…
The Opposition has made an urgent call that Manasseh Sogavare should no longer be Prime Minister (PM). In their recent statement, the Opposition press explained that Sogavare’s actions pre 2019 General elections and during his tenure as PM clearly shows a person who has no integrity, honour, and respect for the rule of law and…
DEEP-SEATED differences between Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau and his Deputy Juanita Matanga have come to a head when the Commissioner’s weekly news conference was cancelled at the last minute, Thursday. There was no explanation for the cancellation. The weekly event is normally held at 11am every Thursday. This was postponed for 3pm on Thursday. But…
Member of Parliament (MP) for Aoke Langalanga has been urged to resign from his seat as MP for Aoke Langalanga, pursuant to section 50(b) of the Constitution. The Prime Minister (PM) issued the call in light of allegations that Matthew Wale was involved in the recent riots and was communicating with the rioters. Prime Minister…
LINTA MABO – the 16-year-old school girl whose battle with heart problem has touched so many in and outside Solomon Islands – has lost the fight. She died peacefully at her home village in east Guadalcanal on Tuesday, her Uncle Lemech Den confirmed to Solomon Star yesterday. Mr Den said the family was unable to…
MALAITA Province has been hit hard by lack of shipping services to the province for the past two weeks causing hiccups for the travelling public and businesses. Leading up to the protest in Honiara last week, shipping services to the Provincial capital of Auki has been unreliable. Travelling passengers to Honiara turned up at Auki…
Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale congratulates the newly elected Premier of Western Province, Hon. Christian Burly Mesepitu. The election of the new Premier of Western Province finally took place yesterday bringing to an end a political stand-off that rocked the Province over the past few weeks. In congratulating the new Premier, Mr. Wale says,…
I’m still the legitimate premier of Western Province. This was the statement of Honourable David Gina earlier today (2nd December 2021). Mr Gina said the 18 provincial members who went on to elect the new premier of Western Province Christian Mesepitu are defying a pending High Court case that was heard at 10.30am this morning.…
A man from Lord Howe Settlement in Honiara is appealing to all communities in Honiara to return items taken during the recent unrest to the Solomon Islands Chinese Association. The man, who refused to be named, made the appeal today (2nd December 2021) after returning items members of his family and community take during the…