More than 160 girls and their teachers from 30 secondary schools around Honiara celebrated International Girls in ICT Day at Heritage Park Hotel on 25 April. Organised by Women in IT Solomon Islands, the event encourages girls to pursue careers in ICT. Participating students from Naha High School said, “It’s our first time being exposed…
DEPUTY Police Chief Juanita Matanga is calling on people in the country to accept the 2024 joint elections results and not to involve in any unlawful action that might cause differences in the community. She made the call following the arrest of 18 people in relation to election results in Western province recently. She said…
MALAITA’S Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA)-elect for West Fataleka Ward, Daniel Suidani says he has had a meeting with the majority of MPAs to form the next provincial government and he bids to be the Premier again. Mr Suidani revealed this to Solomon Star in Auki, Thursday. Suidani served as Premier of Malaita since June…
THE Political Parties Integrity Act clearly states that the leader of the political party with the highest number of winning candidates in Parliament should be the Prime Minister. Dr Alice Pollard provided this insight during a panel interview over the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) when asked about the current lobbying environment following the final…
Solomon Islands Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, His Excellency (H.E), Cornelius Walegerea, attended the World Future Energy Summit held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from 16th to 18th April 2024. The Summit was hosted by Masdar, a UAE State Owned Renewable Energy company. The World Future Energy Summit focus on advancing the…
Lobbying for the formation of the 12th Parliament gov’t intensifies, Wale’s rejection of Lilo’s proposal to join CARE leaves the tripartite coalition at the verge of disintegration THE rejection of a proposal by the Central Honiara Member of Parliament (MP)-elect Gordon Darcy Lilo to join the Coalition for Accountability, Reform and Empowerment (CARE) if he…
MALAITA Province’s representatives in the 12th Parliament comprise four new faces and 10 returnees. The four new faces are Daniel Waneoroa who is the MP-elect for North Malaita replacing Senley Filualea, Ben Maenu who is MP-elect for Lau-Mbaelelea replacing Augustine Auga, Ricky Fuo’o MP-elect for Central Kwara’ae replacing Jackson Fiulaua and Polycarp Paea MP-elect for…
NORTH New Georgia Constituency (NNGC) constituents want their re-elected Member of Parliament, John Dean Kuku to deliver more development projects in the constituency his third term in Parliament to strengthen money circulation in the region. Kuku has been re-elected in this year’s National General Election of the Joint Election for his third term. A constituent…
WESTERN Provincial Capital Gizo experienced a limited supply of garden produce at its market throughout last week as people across the province have been busy participating in the electoral process. As observed by the Solomon Star, the Gizo main market was virtually empty as most of the market vendors from in and around Gizo were…
Dear Editor, THE system we use in this country for electing MPs is the “first past the post” system. That means the candidate with the most votes wins. At first sight there is nothing wrong with that but when you take a closer look at the figures you will see that in many cases the…