Rennell Island, in Solomon Islands, has suffered the triple assault of extensive logging, bauxite mining, and a devastating oil spill from a carrier hired by a mining company. There is perhaps nowhere in the Pacific where the costs of extractive industries are as heartbreakingly clear as Rennell Island. The island, a tiny dot in…
MORE than 10 Guadalcanalese living in Buala, Isabel Province, have had the chance to meet Premier Sade and GP PS, Mr. Timothy Ngele, Thursday afternoon after the official ending of the Isabel Province’s 2nd Appointed Day. During the “turupatu sai” (tok-stori), Premier Sade states that he is happy to meet all the wantoks and expresses…
LEADER of Opposition said Media as a Fourth Estate in the country’s Democracy has a critical role to play to ensure the Public Emergency Bill 2021 is reasonable, justifiable and proportionate. Mathew Wale highlighted this at the Inquiry into the Public Emergency Bill 2021, when the Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) Executive Board Members…
A BAEGU ASIFOLA Customary landowner has appealed to his Member of Parliament to respect the process of consultation on land matters before getting just about anyone to sign off on any agreement. Dominic Ona of Ausimae Village told Solomon Star he was not happy about the way his MP Makario Tagini had taken in signing…
SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) Deputy Chairman, Mr Michael Wate has expressed words of gratitude towards former and current employees of the SIPA for their contribution towards the organization. SIPA Deputy Chairman Michael Wate has stated this during the 65th Anniversary ceremony on Friday 5th at the Unity Square, SIPA area. “I would like to…
A FORMER Malaita Provincial Secretary (PS) who attended a secret meeting organised by three Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) has come out and cleared the air regarding his presence at the meeting. Harold Leka said he was invited to the meeting by the MPA for Ward 15 Edward Misite’e where he said he accepted…
A NEWLY established group known as Sepi Women Inshore Fisheries Initiative that engages women in the Fisheries Sector has been established last month. The Sepi women Inshore Fisheries Initiative comprises of 20 members from the Sepi Village, West Bugotu, Santa Ysabel. This newly formed organisation is aimed at engaging in the fisheries sector – To…
SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) dubbed as one of the old State Own Enterprise (SOE) in Solomon Islands has celebrated its 65th anniversary in a very humble but meaningful way in Honiara Friday. The small ceremony was held at the Unity Square, one of the beautiful infrastructures built by SIPA which aimed at beautifying Honiara…
FOUR Bus stops within Honiara City will be closed indefinitely, a statement from the Honiara City Council (HCC) media said on Friday. In a joint meeting with the Honiara City Council (HCC) Law Enforcement Division, RSIP Traffic Police and MID Road and Transport, they have recommended that this will be done for trial basis on…
TRAINING of untrained teachers on Malaita will start in Auki later this month under a partnership program between the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) and the University of the South Pacific (USP), Honiara Campus. An agreement for the largely donor-funded program was signed in Honiara by MEHRD’s Permanent Secretary, Franco Rodie and…