THE Member of Parliament for North West (NW) Guadalcanal, Francis Sade has taken the initiative to address the longstanding issue of road maintenance in the region, which has plagued constituents for over eight years. The poorly maintained roads have significantly impacted local farmers and vehicle owners, making transportation and access to markets exceedingly difficult. Recently,…
MANY families are raising serious concerns about delays in medical examinations for critically ill patients, which they say sometimes results in patients being sent home and eventually succumb to their condition, whilst patients held up by doctors for further examinations ended up dying in the wait. This situation not only causes grief, but places a…
THE country’s fourth Governor General (GG), a former Premier of Temotu Province and ordained Anglican priest Sir Father John Inilapli has passed on. The demise of Sir John was announced in a death notice from the Governor-General Reverend David Tiva Kapu over the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC). “From the Office of the Governor-General to…
PARENTS have been busy last week preparing their children for the 2025 academic year. In Honiara, parents were seen shopping for their children’s return to school. Last weekend, the Solomon Star visited one of the busiest shops in Honiara, Talon, which was flooded with parents who led their children to purchase school uniforms, bags and…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) released the 2024 National Exam results and students’ placement for the 2025 academic year, which saw hundreds of students being left out from the formal education system. The examination results and student placements were received with a mixture of excitement and sadness by parents – excitement…
THREE senior high schools located on Guadalcanal have received a motor bikes on Monday. Betikama Adventist College, St. Joseph Tenaru, and Selwyn College, under the Guadalcanal Provincial Education Department were the lucky recipients. During the handover ceremony on Monday afternoon, the Minister for Education and Human Resources, Hon. John Bosti, encouraged the recipients to take…
The Mines and Mineral Board has granted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Far East Resources Company Ltd last month, allowing the company to negotiate with landowners to secure Surface Access Rights (SAR) for mining activities on the tenement in San Jorge, Isabel Province. Wilson Tohidi, Chairman of the San Jorge Island Resources Owners Association…
MINISTRY of Health and Medical Services is implementing series of measures to protect people following an outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) in its Disease Outbreak News dated 7 January 2025 provided information and advice to the public about trends of acute respiratory infection including human metapneumovirus (HMPV), in the Northern Hemisphere. The WHO…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has yet to confirm two new cases of HIV/AIDS in the Honiara, following preliminary test results. If confirmed, these cases would add to the increasing number of reported HIV cases in the country this year. Currently, there 47 cases since the country recorded the first HIV case…
A FATHER accused of sexually abusing his 11-year-old daughter on a number of occasions in 2021 and 2022 has been committed to stand trial in the High Court. This followed the committal of his matter to the High Court by the Honiara Magistrate Court on Monday, 13th January. This was after a Short Form Preliminary…