MORE than 1500 students from five schools in Honiara have been visited by members of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the New Zealand Police, under the Solomon Island Police Support Program (SIPSP) to share with them about school safety. The talks focused more on the student’s personal safety while traveling from home…
To ensure safer and better-connected aviation network, an upgrade of the perimeter fencing at the Honiara International Airport advances is steadily progressing towards its completion. The works involve the replacement of 4.8 km of damaged fencing and the installation of an automatic sliding gate and three swing gates. These improvements are part of the Second…
A FOUR year old boy watched helplessly as his mother was tied to a wooden chair while being beaten by the father. The-43-year-old husband is a now a subject of investigation by Malaita Police after the incident occurred at Oneoneabu village in Central Kwarae, Malaita Province recently. A statement from Police Media Unit said, the…
Honiara Table Tennis Association (HTTA) through the ongoing support from the Australian government under the “TEAM-UP” program is currently rolling out the “Smash Down Barriers” program in Honiara. Smash Down Barriers is a table tennis program that aims to increase the participation and quality of life of people with disabilities in communities and schools and…
Solomon Islands Athletics Federation (SIAF) is set to host the Athletics National Championship (ANC) next Month in Honiara. SIAF President Michael Kuali told Star Sport over the weekend that the championship is set to take place in Honiara from 17th to 20th September 2024. “The upcoming ANC will be held from 17th to 20th of September 2024 in Honiara,”…
ADAPTING to a new lifestyle due to an attack that deprived him of his left leg is painful for John Akwai but being the only child living with his elderly mother, he has no option but to fend for her and himself. “Life is totally different for me now. It is very difficult and challenging.…
SHADRACK FISANGO – the newly-elected Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Ward 17 on Malaita – has called on the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kwaio Stanley Festus Sofu to step down immediately, saying his condition calls for such an action. Fisango, pictured above, is a blood relative of Hon. Sofu. “I am…
WORK has begun in reviving the long standing Logunaguavi Airstrip project in Central Islands’ Province’s Sandfly Buena Vesta Ward, Ngella, its Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Hon. Maurice Tinoni Mae has announced. The Logunaguavi Airstrip project was proposed as one of the national development projects some years ago but it never eventuated, Hon Mae…
A YOUTH empowerment leadership training for young leaders in Guadalcanal Province (GP) was recently held. The aim of the training was for the youth leaders to take on leadership roles and make positive contributions to their communities and the wider society. The one-day training was at National Youth Congress Center in Honiara and was attended…
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale says the picture painted by the Finance and Treasury Minister Manasseh Sogavare on the state of the Solomon Islands economy is inconsistent with the everyday experiences of ordinary citizens. Wale said the low inflation rate figures stated by the Minister for Finance and Treasury seem to be on a different…