SAINT Joseph Tenaru Catholic Secondary School has announced that its ban on electronic devices for students remains the same for the 2025 academic year, citing concerns over distractions that could interfere with their learning. The school management conveyed this decision in a statement released earlier this week. The ban restricts students from taking with them…
The negative impact of rising sea level is affecting many coastal communities around Solomon Islands. The community of Ughele on South Rendova, Western Province is no exception because the negative consequences of the rising sea level has resulted in coastal erosion posing threat to critical infrastructure. Two of these key critical infrastructure involves a bridge…
THE development of the new Provincial Township for Choiseul Province is progressing steadily, with the first phase now taking shape. Reports from Taro said the groundwork has commenced, marking a significant progress in the ambitious township project, which is aimed at ensuring urban facilities and services in the province. Authorities and stakeholders involved in the…
THE sister relationship between Malaita Province and China’s Jiangsu Province is thriving. The friendship agreement between the two provinces was sealed in 2024 and it led to the provision of significant support in the form of livelihood materials and seminar training by Jiangsu to Malaita. Speaking at the Revised Budget 2024/2025 Meeting of the Malaita…
THE Kilu’ufi Hospital Improvement Project is progressing smoothly, with earthworks excavation currently underway. The improvement project is set to transform Kilu’ufi Hospital through the introduction of a new Outpatient Service facility, Maternal and Child Health facilities, Surgical Services, and Diagnostic Services. Once completed, the upgraded hospital will also create additional jobs, offering new employment opportunities…
THE Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) has issued a 28-day strike notice to the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA). The notice is effective from Friday 10 January. This action follows SIPA’s failure to provide workers with their COVID-19 allowances, a 3.5 per-cent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and bonuses from the previous year. WUSI…
A BUSINESS faction within the hardware industry is said to be responsible for putting together a 10-point Memorandum of Demands (MoD) on Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, sources have revealed. The move is intended to dampen a price war that is brewing in the lucrative hardware industry, resulting in rival political factions being formed and established,…
DEPUTY Prime Minister Bradley Smokey Tovosia is believed to have accepted in-principle a decision to relinquish the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) portfolio with a condition. The Minister wants his proxy to be the new MMERE Minister, mining industry sources confided in Solomon Star this week, implying that nothing would change. A…
THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) is set to implement 35 per-cent of its revised 2024/2025 budget in this 2025 financial year. The 35 per-cent of the revised 2024/2025 Budget is worth $11,873,158 and these finances come from the Provincial Capacity Development Fund’s (PCDF’s) Capital Development Fund Budget. Malaita Province was unable to access this budgetary…
THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has officially endorsed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) initiative with the objective of empowering indigenous people through the provision of more business opportunities across the province. This announcement was made by Malaita Province Premier Elijah Asilaua yesterday at the Revised 2024/2025 Budget Meeting in the Provincial Assembly Chamber.…