Solomon Airlines passes IOSA IATA safety audit

 SOLOMON Airlines has passed the Operation Safety Audit (IOSA) programme for the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This means Solomon Airlines has been certified for two more years for the IATA Audit check. Solomon Airlines Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gus Kraus, in a media briefing session this week, highlighted this achievement in which he acknowledged…

Aust BOOSTS FUNDING

With a desire to see a peaceful, prosperous and resilient Pacific, Canberra has announced funding boosts to SI and the wider Pacific region THE Australian Government is delivering around $1.9 billion over five years to the Pacific in response to the priorities Prime Minister Albanese and Foreign Minister Wong have heard on their visits to…

EXPLOSION INJURES TWO

Two foreign nationals are admitted at the Gizo Hospital Emergency Ward after being injured in an explosion aboard a tugboat berthing at Ringi to collect scrap metals A BOAT exploded without flames whilst berthing at Ringi in the Western Province, critically injuring one of the two Asians aboard. The two victims – one from Malaysia…

Man missing after croc attack

A 40-YEAR-OLD man has gone missing after a crocodile attacked him on Tuesday night whilst on a diving trip on a reef in Ughele Village on Rendova Island in the Western Province. After yells, splashes and torchlight flashes, Kocha varnished with the deadly croc that attacked him. Munda Police confirmed to Solomon Star in an…

X-JET STAR AIRBUS COMING HERE

In a bid to capture some of the ‘Pacific Games business,’ the national career is working on bringing second airbus into the country in July-August under a government-guarantee arrangement SOLOMON Airlines is anticipating the arrival of its second airbus, an X-Jet star airbus, in July-August this year. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gus Kraus, confirmed this…

WESTERN WOMEN’S CUP KICKS OFF

THE much-anticipated Women’s Western Cup kicked off at the Gizo JFK playing field in Gizo, Western Province this week. Up to 10 Football Zones under the Western Football Association (WFA) from Marovo to Shortlands participated in the tournament that was held. The opening of the Women’s Western Cup was marked with a parade through the…

Warriors depart for Vanuatu

THE Telekom Super League (TSL) champions, Solomon Warriors FC left the country on Tuesday to Vanuatu for the OFC Champion’s League. The OFC Champions league will kick off this weekend Sunday May 14th and will conclude on May 27th. Solomon Warriors head Coach Franco Ne’e said it was an honour for him to lead Warriors…

Good work Commissioner of Lands

THE recent land case victory by the Commissioner of Lands, Alan McNeil, over two Asians who obtained a strip of land near the Honiara International Airport in East Honiara through fraudulent means should send a clear message to others planning to obtain land through any corrupt dealings. The court has ruled that the duo have…