A jubilant Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Wednesday has highlighted the expected transformative benefits that the Tina Hydro Power project in Central Guadalcanal will bring when the project becomes operational. Sogavare was the chief guest at a ground-breaking ceremony at the project site that marks the start of major construction work on the Project. He…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare highlighted that the need for an equipped police force is not only essential for security but it also contribute to social and economic growth. PM Sogavare made this strong emphasis at the handing- over of police equipment by the Australian government to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force this morning.…
Plans are underway to turn the Malu’u Provincial sub-station in North Malaita into a township. If this plan comes to fruition, Malu’u will become the second town in Malaita after the provincial capital, Auki. The North Malaita Member of Parliament, Senley Filualea, reveled this in his speech during the official opening of the government funded…
Government delay in paying landlords their rental payments for housing Public Servants causes frustration INDIGENOUS landlords in Honiara are frustrated over rental payments of public servants officers now overdue for six months. They expressed their frustration during a meeting held at the Children Park on Tuesday. Spokesperson of Indigenous Honiara Landlord Association Eric Arifanata said…
AUSTRALIA support to Solomon Islands has a strong focus on ensuring educational and employment opportunities are equally available for women in the country. Speaking during the APTC graduation, Deputy High Commissioner of the Australian High Commission, Sallyanne Vincent said Australia has been supporting the Solomon Islands to recover and emerge stronger post-pandemic. A key part…
Court tells Solicitor General Banuve that he was brave for going to court without evidence in the beche-de-mer case of Dr Aipia A COURT of Appeal hearing into a $50-Million compensation awarded by the High Court to local medical doctor, Reginald Aipia, has wound up in Honiara, with the Court President saying the government lawyer…
MYSTERY surrounds the de-registration of Vella Development Company [VDC] – a people’s business entity on Vella Lavella. Board members told Solomon Star yesterday they were only made aware of the de-registration today (Monday). Angry board members are pointing the finger of blame on none other than the Minister of Commerce, Industries, Immigration and Labour, Kologeto,…
A WOMAN has been sentenced recently to seven years and six months in prison over the death of an elderly woman in Malaita in 2016. Judge, Leonard Maina sentenced Ida Gwaro after she entered a guilty plea for manslaughter charge. The period of more than six years Gwaro already spent in custody was also taken…
The National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) are investigating an arson incident at Malaita Outer Island (MOI). The investigation was established after a semi-permanent house belonging to the Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Sikaiana ward 33 burnt down to ashes on 16 October 2022. It was alleged…
Vella Development Company plan for peaceful protest VELLA Development Company [VDC] – a people’s business entity on Vella Lavella – is calling on the Board of the Copra Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) to stop opening a buying centre on the island until the ownership issues of plantations on the island are sorted. A VDC spokesperson…