PREPARATIONS toward Solomon Islands’ participation at the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Papua New Guinea are well underway. The 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture begins on 28th June in Port Moresby and will run for two weeks ending on July 11. Participating artists and cultural groups from nominated provinces have…
A two days financial inclusion expo is set to kick off this Friday and Saturday. Its being organized by the National Financial Inclusion Task Force and Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP). The event will take place at the National Art Gallery in Honiara. Leading up to the event a lot of interest has been generated…
FIVE families watched helplessly as police demolished their houses in the Lungga-Henderson area, east Honiara in the past days. Their community chief was arrested yesterday after he tried to intervene in the exercise, which was carried out according to a High Court order. The five semi-permanent houses were part of nine houses on land parcel…
A major programme to prevent women getting cervical cancer will start here next year. Acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Dr Cendric Alependava announced this, Thursday. Cervical cancer is the biggest cause of cancer-related deaths for women in Solomon Islands. Dr Alependava said the programme will see girls aged from 9 to 12…
The washed away old Mataniko bridge has been pulled out from the Mataniko river yesterday afternoon. The bridge was washed away during the April floods and was lying in the river posing threat to properties and lives. Director of ministry of infrastructure development Harry Rini said retrieving of the bridge comes under the same funding…
Forest commissioner says the logging firm fails to comply with suspension order. The country’s giant logging company Earth Movers Solomons Limited has been served with a seizure notice on June 6, 2014. The seizure notice came following reports the company failed to comply with a suspension letter the Commissioner of forest issued to the company…
PMO dismisses claims Lilo was rejected PRIME Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo was reportedly rejected during his trip to attend the funeral service of the Christian Fellowship Church (CFC) spiritual leader last week.A report from Munda told the Solomon Star Gordon Darcy Lilo was turned back at the Ramata airstrip in North New Georgia. “The Prime…
Renting of rooms and business activities at the Town Grown Grand Plaza has raised questions into its legality as reports claim it is currently illegal at this stage. The plaza early last month has been granted its occupancy permit from the town and country planning board and new tenants have already been moving in to…
The University of the South Pacific (USP) reaffirmed its strong stand on the proposed establishment of its fourth main campus in Solomon Islands despite the delay on its construction work. Tevita Banuve of Marketing and Development Office at Laucala Campus who is supervising the Project said, USP is fully committed to developing the new campus…
A court ruling in the Solomon Islands may finally unlock a large nickel deposit that geologists have known about for half a century but have been unable to exploit because of ownership changes and legal wrangling. Japanese giant Sumitomo Metal Mining and tiny Australian explorer Axiom Mining are fighting over the Isabel nickel laterite discovery…