PANIC and fear have gripped Malaita Province as a report emerges that a student who tested positive for COVID-19 last year and spent his holiday in East Fateleka is under now quarantine after his routine test on Tuesday turned positive again. According to information received, the male student after returning from studies in the Philippines…
AN East Kwaio man has called for an explanation from Auki police after reports of the destruction of a village Water Supply and brewing of Kwaso were not taken up. Sam Ngedea told Solomon Star yesterday Lausia and Tagalo communities in the Olomburi District of East Kwaio are living in fear because of threats by…
SOLOMON Islands High Commissioner to Australia Robert Sisilo is heading to Queensland to arrange for the repatriation of two Solomon Islanders who were killed in a car crash over the weekend. According to a published report, the Pacific Labour Welfare Duty Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) relayed this incident to…
* Four Winwin mining alleged robbers without lawyers* No pleas yet, Sailors case adjourned * Man injures dad jailed Four Winwin mining alleged robbers without lawyers FOUR of the men accused of robbing a substantial amount of cash and two gold bars from the Winwin mining company in Central Guadalcanal last December are still without…
Prime Minister appeals to Australia for reciprocal visa deal PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to Canberra to grant entry visas to Solomon Islanders on arrival in Australia similar to what the government is offering Australians arriving in the Solomon Islands. Mr. Sogavare was speaking at the Australia Day function in Honiara on Tuesday…
THE National Health Emergency Operation Centre through its ‘Emergency Response Plan’ to validate, track, and contain a potential COVID-19 outbreak is now active. This came after a student who returned from the Philippines tested positive for COVID-19 this week during a follow-up test in Malaita Province. The student was released from quarantine in November 2020.…
DESPITE the challenges faced by the country’s economy and businesses amidst the global pandemic COVID-19 a locally owned NAYA Company reached out to do road constructions for church-based intuitions outside of Honiara. NAYA Company Limited is a fairly new Company in Civil works industry that sees it fit to touch the lives of different church…
FOREIGN shop owners mostly Chinese are questioning the actions taken against them by Foreign Investment Board (FIB) Deputy Director, Lynette Dawheya of the ill-treatment they received. They described it as pathetic and very unprofessional indeed when they spoke to this paper over the weekend. “Is the treatment we receive comes from the government or just…
THE Government of Japan is going to be busy in Solomon Islands this year. Its Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Morimoto Yasuhiro yesterday signed the Exchange Notes on a $244 million grant which would be used to finance the upgrade of the Kukum – Henderson International Airport road in East Honiara. Japan has…
* Foreign sailors to plea today* Auki murder trial continues today * Female murder accused to be summoned Foreign sailors to plea today THREE foreign sailors accused of entering the country during the State of Public Emergency (SOPE) period last year will be entering their pleas, Wednesday. Willy Martinussen, Maria Berana Eustaquio, and Michael Kirtley Gee…