Former Banker, Kiriau is new SOE Chief A CENTRAL banker of more than 14 years’ experience is the new Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA), the nation’s second-oldest State-Owned Enterprise. Donald John Kiriau’s appointment was announced by the Board Chairman of SIEA, trading as Solomon Power, David Quan, in…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has joined hundreds of people around Choiseul Province to celebrate the province’s 2nd Appointed Day in Taro, Thursday. The Prime Minister when delivering his speech yesterday morning said Choiseul Province is an important province to the country. Prime Minister Sogavare said Choiseul Province is geo-strategically and economically significant in terms of…
Police are investigating the death of a high school student from a school in Guadalcanal said the death looked “suspicious”. The body of the boy was found floating in a river near the school on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner National Security and Operation Support, Ian Vaevaso told reporters, Thursday. Vaevaso said that an initial report he…
A well-planned city named ‘Mamara New Capital City’ is now taking shape at Mamara, Northwest Guadalcanal. The Mamara- Tasivarongo- Mavo Development (MTMD) project is coined as a transformational development and is executed under the Private- Public Partnership (PPP) business module. The lead coordinating ministry is the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration, Ministry of…
Police drone ‘captured by Boungainvilleans’ at the border About 30 armed Bougainvilleans who allegedly threatened and intimidated Solomon Islands police officers at the Western Border two days ago also captured a police drone and then took off with it to Bougainville, police have revealed. Deputy Commissioner National Security and Operation Support Ian Vaevaso revealed…
THE Honiara City Council’s (HCC’s) Deputy Mayor Charles Aiwosuga has refuted claims of conflict of interest levelled against him in the media. Aiwosuga exclusively told the Solomon Star yesterday that he thanked the person who brought the matter up through the media and hope to clarify the claims. A writer by the name of Roy…
The Speaker of the Makira Ulawa Provincial Assembly, Peter Baewai says he has allowed a motion of no-confidence against the Provincial Premier Julian Maka’a, to be moved in the full assembly meeting in March. He said the Provincial Assembly Member for Ward 5 in Arosi 2 of West Makira, Jackson Sunaone will move the no-confidence…
11yr old survives world war II 81mm mortar bomb AN eleven-year-old boy of Kiribati descent is lucky to be alive after suffering from severe burns to both hands when he was allegedly playing with a World War II 81mm mortar bomb, which had been exposed due to the bad weather. The incident happened at the…
The trial of a man accused of registering in several constituencies using different names during the 2018 registration period is due to continue in Honiara, Monday. Alif Vai, 50, is facing seven counts under the Penal Code for allegedly obtaining a registration license by false pretence. He was initially charged with seven counts of misleading…
The act of corruption in the highest offices of the government is the reason for poor service delivery throughout the provinces of Solomon Islands. A well-known local activist from the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI), Lawrence Makili Kepangi highlighted this during a public gathering in Auki last Friday. During the event, the Malaita public was given…