The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has committed US$653,700 (SBD$5m) to continue a cost-sharing partnership agreement originally signed between the Solomon Islands Government, represented by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2017. The agreement supports a four-year project aimed at addressing corruption…
A UNITED States (US) based Youths for Human Rights International team last week organized a walk for Human Rights on Saturday 13th July and trained youths on Sunday 14th at the art hub about the 30 conventions human rights. According to one of the human rights youths activists in Honiara, the training will pave the…
The Guadalcanal provincial premier Francis Sade says the Guadalcanal provincial government needs to increase its revenue base. Mr Sade said this during the debate of the Guadalcanal Province Appropriation Bill 2019/2020 on the floor of Assembly, Wednesday. He highlighted that most of the revenues collected by the province came from the foreign companies operating in…
THE Aruligo bridge in North West Guadalcanal needs to be replaced. People of Tandai Sagalu and Savulei wants the bridge to be changed as the design has caused blockages every time its flooding. North West Guadalcanal Stringer John Toki said it is better for any bridge construction to get information on the people living in…
* Medical report in Renbel murder sought* Prosecution to advice on riot case Medical report in Renbel murder sought Prosecution has been asked to provide the medical report in relation to a murder case in Renbel Province to the defence counsel. The only outstanding document left for the police to collect is the medical report…
THE court has again refused a second bail application made for the man accused of obtaining $10,000 from Solomon Islands National University (SINU) students under false pretence. Magistrate Ishmael Kekou in refusing the bail application also made direction to ensure that the accused Junior Wane sees a doctor as soon as possible and a medical…
POLICE say they are investigating a fatal road accident which happened in the early morning of Sunday 14 July at the Rove intersection along Tandai Highway in West Honiara, resulting in the death of a 30-year-old male pedestrian. The man, who was allegedly driving the hilux vehicle involved in the accident, underwent a random breath…
A PERSON living with disability says he was angry and embarrassed by treatment he received from a female officer at the Ministry of Health in Honiara. Edwin Kuba from East Guadalcanal told the Solomon Star he went to the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) office last week to seek help. “But when I approached the office, the…
Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) has commended the Public Prosecutions for filing an appeal against the decision of a magistrate to acquit MP for Central Guadalcanal of the assault causing actual bodily harm charge. In a statement to this paper, TSI said this case has taken so long and went from Magistrates’ Court to Appeal Court…
Solomon Islands’ long-distance runner Sharon Kikini Firisua raced to victory in the women’s 10,000 metres a feat she also achieved in Port Moresby four years ago. However, unlike in PNG, Firisua was joined on the podium by her compatriot Dianah Matekali, who won bronze. The gold medallist led the other six athletes from almost the…