DEAR EDITOR, Its very frustrating to note that over the weekend on Sunday I used the top-up service from the BSP service and nothing came through. I just wasted around $60 from my BSP account. This is very disappointing. In the past BSP do not normally refund this. Its something that some of us need…
SOLOMON Islands Mission (SIM) of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church has formally ordained seven new pastors to serve the mission of the church. Following their ordination, they are now referred as ‘Pastor’ and not ministers. The ordination ceremony was held on Thursday night at the Maranatha Hall in East Honiara and was officiated and…
A ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services (SIMS) Forecasting Unit building was held by the UN Development Programme, in partnership with the Australian Government and the Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) and Tropic Group Builders (TGB). The new SIMS building is a 2…
The High Court on Friday dismissed and discharged a man accused of raping a girl age between 13-15 after his case was delayed for over 11 years. Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer in his judgement described the case as excessive and inordinate delay in the prosecution of this matter. He said the defence counsel is…
The High Commissioner of Canada to the Solomon Islands, His Excellency, Mr. Mark Glauser has presented his letter of introduction to the government in Honiara on Wednesday (23rd November 2022). His Excellency, Mr. Glauser made his introduction to Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare before having an audience with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External…
VDC formally filed official corruption allegation against Minister Kologeto to Anti-Corruption Commission THE Minister for Commerce, Industries Immigration and Labour, Frederick Kologeto has been formally reported to the Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption [SIICAC] for official corruption. The formal complaint was lodged with the Commission last Wednesday, retired Magistrate, Esther Lalepitu, told Solomon Star…
UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous has called for immediate action to end violence against women and girls. Bahous made the call in her statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women last Friday. “Push forward – act now to end violence against women and girls.” She said…
DEFENDING champion, Western Tomoko suffered their first defeat of the 2022 Solomon Cup tournament with a 3-1 defeat to Isabel Frigates at Lawson Tama stadium yesterday. Despite having the early scoring chances, Tomoko was unfortunate to find the back of the net until eight minutes before full time to score their only goal. There was…
A quick assessment by CBSI sets the total cost of building damages in Honiara caused by last week’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake at $1.85million THE 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Guadalcanal last Tuesday has left an estimated total loss of roughly around $1.85-Million from damages it caused to buildings in Honiara. This is according to a…
The continuous circulation of mutilated and old currency notes in Western Province is a cause of concern for many customers. A number of Gizo residents told this paper over that weekend that there seems to be a lot of currency notes especially, $5, $10 and $20 notes which are very broken and old are still…