THE matter of Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Guadalcanal Constituency Ethel Vokia and her husband Jaimie Jamie Vokia and three others has been adjourned to March 28. This is for the Public Solicitor’s Office (PSO) to confirm whether they will provide legal representation to four of the defendants including Jamie who sought legal…
Secretary to the Prime minister (SPM) and Chairman of the National Hosting Authority (NHA) for the Pacific Games 2023, Dr. Jimmy Rodgers last week updated CEOs of State Owned Enterprise and Corporate Bodies of the work in progress and appealed for their support going forward towards Solomon Islands hosting of the Pacific Games 2023 at…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has congratulated the new premier of Isabel province Hon Rhoda Sikilabu. In a statement today, Hon Wale said Sikilabu has made history as the first female premier not only in Isabel but also Solomon Islands as a whole. Sikilabu was declared as the new premier this morning unopposed. “I would…
CHAIRMAN for Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee and Opposition MP Hon Peter Kenilorea Jnr says he is concerned that authorities might be tightlipped over facts related to the guns shipment. This followed recent media reports of exposing very interesting information about the undisclosed guns shipment into the country. In a statement today, the MP for East…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has lashed out at the Prime Minister following claims he requested PNG police force’s return to provide security for the upcoming Budget Sitting. The Government has been tight-lipped over the arrival of the forces until photos were leaked on social media that the PNG forces were ready to board the…
Australia has delivered a new GeneXpert machine and 400 testing cartridges to assist the National Referral Hospital’s (NRH) molecular laboratory to diagnose COVID-19. This machine can return COVID-19 test results within an hour. It can also test four times the number of samples at any one-time compared to previous GeneXpert machines in use, providing rapid…
THE new Premier for Isabel Provincial Government (IPG) will be officially declared today after nomination closed yesterday. The position became vacant following the resignation of former Premier Leslie Kikolo on Sunday. Mr Kikolo faced a motion of no confidence ahead of yesterday’s Full Assembl Meeting. However, he decided to resign rather than facing the motion.…
For Comptroller of Customs under a three years contract COMPTROLLER of Customs, Jim Sutton whose three-year contract was terminated by the Australian Government last December, has been rehired by the cash-strapped Solomon Islands government for a salary package of nearly $5 million a year, documents obtained by Solomon Star have revealed. The three-year contract which…
PHASE two of the $243million Kukum Highway Project resumes today with road clearing. The project will cover the 6.3 kilometre road from the Ministry of Fisheries at Kukum to Honiara International Airport at Henderson. The project component will include 4 lane roads to Lungga Bridge and a 2 kilometre 2 lane road from Lungga Bridge…
THE Solomon Islands National Institute of Sports (SINIS) says only athletes endorsed by various National Sports Federation (NSF) can access its High Performance elite training program. SINIS issued the clarification in response to questions being asked as to what criteria can athletes from other provinces apart from Honiara can follow to be part of the…