THE continued pressure from the Malaita Provincial Government on logging companies to pay up their dues has sent a second logging company packing to leave the province. According to reports, logging operation in Malaita Province still owes Malaita province $1.5m in revenue. Therefore, the province is pushing hard for the companies that are still to pay up…
OUTSPOKEN chief and Director of the Solomon Islands Marine Mammal Education Centre (SIMMEC) in Gavutu Islands in Central Province Robert Satu says he supports the government in its move in the proposed USD$100 Billion loan deal. Chief Satu said the reason why he is supporting the move is that he believes that, that is the only…
A GROUP of students from Burnscreek Adventist primary school in East Honiara has successfully engaged in a drawing project as part of a cultural exchange program with a school in Japan. The project called ‘Art Mile Project’ is an international exchange project between Japanese and foreign elementary schools. It is funded each year by Art…
Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has highlighted the need for the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) to unite in addressing health and climate challenges facing the two countries. Speaking at a dinner to welcome PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday Mr. Sogavare said these challenges need collective efforts to address whether through…
The Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani has questioned Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his pro-China advocates over the Chinese grants they are preaching about prior to the switch that China will provide to the country. Premier Suidani raised the question after the Finance Minister Harry Kuma was involved in a negotiation deal with a private…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at the Tigoa Police Station in West Rennell, in the Rennell Bellona Province have uprooted marijuana plants at Kanava village in central Rennell on 27 February 2020. Supervising Provincial Police Commander Rennell Bellona Province Staff Sergeant Eddie Peseika says, “After receiving information from members of the…
CONCERNS have been raised by community members living around the Takwa Clinic, North Malaita over how the Nurse In-charge at the clinic continues to sell drugs to patients. Information received by the concerned public last Friday said the issue has forced patients to question the legality of the nurse’s actions. A patient Wilson Renge told…
The recent three days visit by Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape has further uplifted the relations between the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Marape brought with him a delegation of over 50 businessmen and women from PNG to explore and establish business relations with local…
Suidani wants 9 Malaitan MPs to leave DCGA By WILSON SAENI In Auki Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani is appealing to the nine (9) members of Parliament (MPs) from Malaita who are with the current ruling DCGA government to leave the regime. Premier Suidani made the call in an exclusive interview with Solomon Star Auki…
Suidani govt passes resolution to keep Provincial Secretary SOLOMON LOFANA In Auki A suspected secret move to reshuffle the current Malaita provincial secretary to Makira/Ulawa Province has forced the Suidani government to pass a resolution last Friday. The Malaita provincial government executive came up with the resolution for the Provincial Secretary Fredrick Fa’abasua to remain in…