THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will begin scrutinizing the “2024 Supplementary Appropriation Bill” in Parliament as of Tuesday. Chairman Gordon Darcy Lilo confirmed this while contributing to the Special Adjournment motion moved by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele on Monday. The motion allows the PAC to call witnesses to testify on the bill and permits the…
SOLOMON Islands intends to participate in a professional league that Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) plans to organise in 2026. Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) President Donald Marahare highlighted this during an interview with the High Park Communication of FIFA last week after he met with the FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Paris. While the details…
The much-anticipated Gizo Inter-Ministry League has resumed its matches after a long break. This followed the conclusion of the Western Cup Men’s Senior Tournament, which was held at JFK Stadium in Gizo, the provincial capital of the Western Province last month. The league finally kicked off on Thursday with the first matches and is set…
Importers, unlicensed wharves targeted in gov’t crackdown on the entry of illegal and unwanted goods into the country as the gov’t works to address severe revenue loss through lack of proper checking on unloaded imported goods at sufferance wharves THE Government has trained its guns on importers and owners of unlicensed wharves in a major…
SOLOMON Islands Government has signed a deal with the Government of India in the area of health cooperation last week. The Minister for Health and Medical Services, Dr Paul Popora Bosawai and the Indian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Shri Inbasekar Sundaramurthi signed this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which focused on health cooperation at the…
ONLINE voting for Miss Solomon Islands Pageant (MSIP) 2024 ‘Social Media’ award is currently underway. Its being conducted on the MSIP Facebook page for the six contestants vying for the Miss Solomon Islands Pageant Crown. Voting commenced at 12-midday Saturday and will continue until 12-midday on 24 August. The six Contestants are Miss Tourism, Kerrie…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Peter Shanel Agovaka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vanuatu’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade, Matai Seremaiah Nawalu on a timebound Air Services between the two Melanesian states. The signing was executed at the margins of the Forum Foreign…
YOUTH members from different Christian Church denominations in the Panatina Ward of Honiara City have participated in the World Youth Exchange Program held in Seoul, South Korea, recently. The three-week event saw youth participants from countries around the world, including Solomon Islands, shared their talents and cultures with South Korean youths and vice-versa. The participation…
THE Aligegeo Provincial Secondary School in Malaita Province celebrated its inaugural cultural day last Friday. The event was part of a school initiative to encourage students to embrace their traditional cultures and identity and in turn preserve these norms that have long kept their communities together. The theme for the program was ‘Embracing and Showcasing Our Traditional Culture.’ The…
SIKAIANA Atoll in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) in Malaita Province is facing imminent threats from climate change. A chief from Sikaiana, Leonard Semaru told the Solomon Star from Sikaiana over the weekend that people are on the island are living in fear amidst ongoing sea-level rise, which is affecting their daily survival. Chief Semaru…