Provincial Elections for Choiseul and Western provinces set for December PROVINCIAL election for Choiseul and Western provinces is expected to take place on 14th December, 2022. This follows the dissolution of both provincial assembly on 13th June. Acting Chief Electoral Officer and Commissioner Fredrick Bosoboe confirmed the dissolution date of both provinces. The election was…
THE Phase two of the Kukum Highway project is expected to be completed by October next year, a month before the Pacific Games on November. This was the latest update from the Japanese Embassy when hosting a Press Tour on four Japanese funded projects in Honiara and Guadalcanal recently. Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands His…
Under voluntary arrangement FOUR members of the Malaita for Democracy and Development (M4DD) have voluntarily surrendered to Police in relation to November riots in Honiara in 2021. They surrendered themselves on Monday at Auki police station. They are being transported to Honiara via a police fast craft for questioning. They come forward in respond to…
DEAR EDITOR, Can I ask the bemobile management to do something about their top-up services via BSP mobile banking. It seems that over the past weeks the service has been down affecting many of its customers in the provinces that depend on BSP to top-up their credit to make calls and access internet. Its very…
MORE than 200 Filipinos living and working in Honiara celebrated their country’s 124th Independence Day at Lela Beach, North West Guadalcanal on 12th Sunday, 2022. President of Filipino Community in Solomon Islands (Filcomsi) Ms Myrtle Atienza was honoured to welcome the community members as they join Filipino communities around the world to celebrate their country’s…
With the aim of moving from the least developed country (LDC) to a developing country, there is a need to reduce the cost of water and electricity tariffs, says the Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani. Premier Suidani is of the view that huge tariffs in water and electricity have contributed more expense in the processing…
GIVEN the fragility of our environment, its important for the country to look after and care for our eco-system. That’s according to the Western Provincial Minister for Environment and Climate Change Isaac Jenty. He was speaking during the event marking the Coral Triangle Day (CTD) and the World Ocean Day (WOD) on Thursday at the…
A GOOD number of female students were forced to abandon their education for the 2022 academic year because they will become mothers. Reports reaching the Solomon Star said some of the high school students only found out they were pregnant after arriving at the school to commence classes. Two weeks into the school year and…
SOLOMON Islands very own Millicent Barty was given the opportunity to meet former president of the United States Barrack Obama. Ms Barty was a recipient of the Obama Foundation Scholars Program – a program that gives rising youth leaders around the world the opportunity to take their work to the next level. She was one…
MA Li Ping, if that is her real name, exudes power and influence in sections in government and commerce and business in Honiara. She wields so much power and influence that those who move in her circle believe and respect her – never mind what others might say. On the surface her side of the…