THE Malaita Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent Leslie Kili, has called for calm amongst relatives of the deceased following the double murder incident in East Fataleka on Monday. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki, PPC Kili urged the relatives of the deceased not to take the law into their own hands as the case is now…
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has injected a SB$5 million budgetary support to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) to boost the National Broadcasters services locally and abroad. This is an increase of SB$4 million dollars from the annual subvention grant of SB$1 million every year. The increase was drawn under…
Owed Gonokukufo Cattle Project workers in Malaita call on the National Government to settle longstanding labour arrears THE National government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) owes workers at the Gono Kukufo Cattle Project in West Kwaio, Malaita Province, the sum of $1,234,908.00 since 2016, it was revealed. And the cattle workers are…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has praised the Office of the Auditor General (AOG) following the release of the report on the audit of COVID-19 funds. The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has recently released the Audit Report that contains serious financial mismanagement of COVID 19 funds by the National Disaster Management Office…
SIFF: A provisional squad of 30 players are named in the Solomon Islands national team for the FIFA international window friendly matches against Vanuatu and Fiji. The players are selected from the TSL 2022/2023 season. Five overseas players who are available to represent the country next week in Lautoka are also drafted in the squad.…
HER fight against climate change has today earned Solomons designer and social entrepreneur, Millicent Barty, an Emerson Collective Fellowship. Emerson Collective (EC) is a for-profit corporation that work in pursuit of a world where every individual has access to opportunity, health and well-being by bringing together entrepreneurs and academics, artists, community leaders and more to…
HE was born and raised at Vonunu, on Vella, Western Province more than 80 years ago and was given a local name. And because of that, this English man holds the place dearly to his heart and called the place a home. Meet Kiko Rutter, 83, who was born around the 1940s when the World War…
One More Shot (OMS) has officially handed over $26,091.50 to the parents of Rosemary Leah Kelesi at their Kaibia home last Saturday following a week-long public photography campaign. This was the total sum of proceeds over the campaign period. Rosemary Leah Kelesi is a 13-year-old girl with a brain tumour. This condition has given her…
POLICE in Malaita Province have arrested a male suspect in his 20s for a double murder incident that took place at the Manu area in East Fataleka, Malaita Province, this week. The double murder took place on Monday at around 6pm when the suspect from Aisimae village used a bush knife to kill two brothers…
CLASSES at Gizo Primary School in the Western Province resumed on Monday after two days of suspension last week due to issues affecting the school’s sewage system. The school administration was forced to take the action to allow plumbers fix the problem which rendered the ablution block unusable. All students have been advised last Wednesday…