THE visiting Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Honourable Richard Marles, has announced a package of commitments for Solomon Islands maritime sector. A statement from the Australian High Commission in Solomon Islands said the package builds on Australia’s 40-year strong Defence Cooperation Program. Australia has already provided more than 20 ray boats to…
Public awareness to ban single use plastics in the country will start soon. A Technical Working Committee is now well into its preparation to have the regulation in place. Chaired by the MECDM Deputy Secretary Corporate Mr. Karl Kuper, the Technical Working Committee is tasked to see that a regulation be put in place…
A MAN has been sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison for sexually abusing his teen daughter on four occasions in 2021 and 2022. The now 40-year-old defendant was found guilty of one count of persistent sexual abuse after a closed-court trial. He was 38 years old and his daughter, only 16, when…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has reassured the public that the malfunctioned fridge situation at the Blood Bank Centre at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has been dealt with. NRH Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr George Malefoasi said it noted the concerns raised via social media and Solomon Star article “Blood Supply…
THE issuance of the mineral prospecting business license to the New Asian Mining Company by the Premier Martin Fini-led government has attracted more negative reactions than positive reactions from Malaitans. The Fini led Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection (MNGFR) issued a business license to the New Asian Mining Company in April this year, just…
THE SPEAKER, Prime Minister and the Governor General have been named in a Constitutional challenge that could result in the National General Elections being held this year. The legal suit challenging the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2022 was filed in the High Court earlier this week. It claimed the passage last September of the Bill, which…
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Defence, Richard Marles underscores the importance of SIAF as he arrives in Honiara on a mission to further bolster Australia’s longstanding partnership with Solomon Islands THE Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, is current in the country to build on the longstanding partnership…
A SUSPECT has been arrested by Gizo Police following the break-in incident at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Gizo, Western Province, in which the church lost $50,463 worth of cash and equipment. The suspect was apprehended by Noro Police officers on Tuesday afternoon and subsequently transported back to Gizo Police Station on a police…
MEMBERS of the public in Auki have called on the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) and owners of the Auki Fish Market to connect running water to the market for vendors to wash their fish catches. A regular visitor to the Auki Fish Market, Francis Folia said it is a regular practice that fish vendors usually…
THE public in Western Province are questioning the high cost of unpaid electricity bills by the second biggest hospital in the province – Helena Goldie Hospital. One of the concerned members of the public is a Provincial Member of the Assembly (MPA). The MPA who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Solomon Star that…