Thirteen-year-old Rosemary Leah Kelesiwasi who is being diagnosed with a brain tumor is now in Fiji for medical attention. Ms Kelesiwasi from ‘Suava’ in Lau and ‘Gwaidadai’ in Kwara’ae, Malaita Province traveled on Friday with her parents and a doctor, Dr Florence Fiuramo. The trip was made possible following weeks of fundraising and support from…
Almost two decades ago Grace Fekau, a cocoa farmer from Makira, turned to her small kokoa farm to support her family after losing her husband. Fast forward to 2023 and that small farm has now grown into Amazing Grace Boutique Cocoa and Garden Tours, a specialised or boutique cocoa bean supplier now set to offer…
Former Premier of Central Province Stanley Manetiva has questioned the Central Provincial Government (CPG) for engaging a person with a police record to collect revenue from business owners in the province. Manetiva told Solomon Star that a person who has a police record was paid daily subsistence allowances and accommodation while in Honiara where he’s…
INTERNATIONAL flight IE703 due to travel to Nadi, Port Vila to pick up nursing students from Vanuatu was cancelled due to cyclone. That flight was to pick up around 70 students from Vanuatu to commence their study at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) School of Nursing. The school of Nursing is one of the…
Closing submissions for Botanical Garden death Monday CLOSING submissions will be made on the matter of the man charged for the death of another man at the Botanical Garden in 2020, Monday. Ruben Jayrick Hitu faces one count of manslaughter. Justice Maelyn Bird will hear the closing submissions at 1.30pm. Hitu’s co-accused, Tatasi Fati Forau,…
THE 2023 Pacific Games Organizing Committee (GOC) today officially launched the Sol2023 Games Ambassadors Programme. Part of GOC’s Community Engagement Strategy, the Programme is aimed at informing communities around the country about Sol2023, and inspiring young Solomon Islanders to participate and be part of sports. The Programme also provides sports awareness and advocacy of the…
Dear Editor, In your edition of 4th March 2023 it was reported that the Minister of Provincial Government has issued a letter to the former Premier of Malaita Province, Mr Suidani, to show cause why he should not be disqualified as a provincial member on the grounds that he has by his own act shown…
THE first ever major clean-up of Honiara as part of the “Safe and Green Games SOLPG23” in preparation for the city’s hosting of the premier regional sporting event later this year was successfully carried out from Henderson to White River, Saturday. The “Safe and Green Games SOLPG23” campaign was launched by Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare…
DID the Ward 20 Member of the Malaita Provincial Assembly (MPA) and Minister of Works and Transport, Jimmy Rerehe, just let the secret out of the bag during a mobile conversation with a nurse that was overhead by another nurse and a priest? In what was supposed to be a confidential mobile conversation between the…
THE MV VATUD STAR – beached by heavy seas whipped up by tropical cyclone Judy this week – was finally refloated on Friday afternoon as on-lookers and passersby cheered the vessel’s freedom. Heavy seas forced the Vatud Constituency-owned ship to beach on the foreshores of the Prince Philip Highway at Kukum last Wednesday. Large crowd…