WHY $1M FOR CASINO HOTEL? By ANDREW FANASIA THE Government is paying $1 million in damages to Pacific Casino Hotel because Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare was a guest at the hotel at the time of the April riot. That was the explanation officials from the Prime Minister offered when they appeared before Public Accounts Committee (PAC)…
A FORMER top government official has been picked as Honiara City Council’s new clerk. Rence Sore, a former permanent secretary and special secretary to the Prime Minister, replaces Charles Kelly, whose contract ended last December. Controversial as it may, the appointment was not a surprise to many. When new city mayor Wilson Mamae came…
* RSIPF investigates burning incident in Malaita Province* RSIPF investigates alleged infanticide incident in Makira-Ulawa Province RSIPF investigates burning incident in Malaita Province Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Auki are investigating a burning incident at Waisisi Village in West Are’Are, Malaita Province on 26 August 2019. Operation Manager at the…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his Deputy John Maneniaru met with a high level team from the world’s premier international development agency – USAID led by the Manila-based Regional Director Mr. Sean Callahan. USAID and other major US based Organisations and Agencies including the Millennium Challenge Corporation – MCC, the Peace Corps, and the United…
Officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Western and Choiseul provinces and the Police Response Team (PRT) joined staff from National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and other Government Agencies (OGA) agencies in Taro for the commencement of the 2019 Coastwatchers Exercise on 28 August 2019. The ‘Exercise Coastwatchers’ is a bilateral Exercise…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) highlighted what Solomon Islands as a country has to offer in terms of potential for business to invest during the 2019 Papua New Guinea Investment Conference. The conference was held in Sydney, Australia from 19-20 August 2019. This is the second successive year SICCI has been…
One of the more high-profile identities on the South Pacific tourism scene, Tourism Solomons’ Freda Unusi has stepped down from the marketing manager role she has held for almost ten years. Announcing the news, Tourism Solomons chairman, Chris Hapa said while the team was very sorry to see Freda leave, the organisation would reflect on…
KOKONUT Pacific Solomon Islands limited launched three of its new products on Thursday in Honiara. They include Coconut Kefir, Coconut Yoghurt and Coconut Niubiks. The coconut Kefir was made of coconut water and bacteria probiotics, the coconut Yoghurt was made of coconut cream and bacteria while coconut Niubiks was made of coconut meat after the…
ALIGEGEO Provincial Secondary School in Malaita province resumed classes starting this week. The school suspended its classes last week after their dining hall was razed by fire. This has forced the school administration and management to suspend classes and send all students back to their respective homes. Malaita Province Premier Daniel Suidani confirmed to Solomon star Friday…
SI-PNG signs milestone Biosecurity MoU The recently concluded Joint Border Committee (JBC) in Gizo, Western Province has acknowledged the signing of a milestone Biosecurity Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) between Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea in Honiara on August 27. The signing of the MoU between Biosecurity SI (BSI) and PNG National Agriculture and Quarantine…