LEADER of Opposition, Matthew Wale has called for a moratorium to be placed on all forms of mining in the country until proper management and regulatory systems are put in place to safeguard our people and our non- renewable resources. The call follows recent media reports revealing the cancellation of registered titles to all Rennell…
THE controversial Health Scheme Mustard Seed International (MSI) is not a health insurance organisation as speculated by some of their angry clients, according to their officials, Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with the Solomon Star, MSI officials said they are aware that some of their good clients are spreading false information about the organisation…
CORRECTIONAL Service Solomon Islands (CSSI) officers are now providing security services at the government designated quarantine stations. That’s according to the Attorney General (AG) John Muria Jnr, when speaking at the national-talk-back-show on the national broadcaster in Honiara, last Sunday. Some listeners during the talk-back-show questioned the panel members, why there’s a security change at…
A MAN has lost his life in a Rav4 accident while three others escaped death in Auki, Malaita province. The accident claimed the man’s life after the vehicle they were travelling in slid off the road and landed into the Kwaibala River, near Auki. The incident happened at around 10 pm, Monday night when the…
THE CAUSE Project has learned of some graffiti writing carved into the newly constructed concrete road at Vura heights. Vura road is a newly built road under the CAUSE Project of World Bank with 340 meters that will be concreted along the steep section of the entire 500 meters road, a 100 meters concrete section…
AN alleged car theft incident yesterday has ended abruptly after a high-speed police chase from China to Kukum saw the vehicle crashed into the road-side railing, just few metres from the Kukum traffic Police post. This car was alleged to have been stolen at China Town with a baby inside the car. The driver of…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has permitted students with outstanding fees to sit for their semester 1- final exams. This was announced on Monday by the University to all students, parents and sponsors of SINU. In a meeting held Thursday last week, the University Senate and Senior Management Committee rescind its resolution of the…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his delegation are back in Honiara late Sunday night, after a week- long successful tour of Temotu Province. An official thank you dinner hosted by the provincial premier, Clay Forau Saturday evening was the icing on the cake. Key components of the Prime Minister’s message to the Temotu Provincial…
2 dead, 8 hospitalised after eating ‘poisonous’ fish TWO members of a family at New Takwa village, Kolombangara Island in the Western province have died after eating a poisonous fish, locally known as ‘Balloon Fish’ or Tetraodontidae as its scientific name. The two deceased, a woman and a child succumbed to their death few…
THE Solomon Islands Meteorology Services is able to provide weather information from Tikopia Island again after the Automatic Weather Station (AWS) was fixed during the recent Prime Minister’s tour to the island. Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management Dr. Melchior Mataki and Chief Technical Officer Barnabas Tahunipue who were part of…