A SMALL vessel carrying 20 students and three crew members have been successfully rescued on 30 January 2018 after the vessel developed mechanical problems while travelling from Moli, in Choiseul Province to Gizo, in Western Province. The boat, owned by the Catholic Diocese in Gizo left Moli for Gizo on 28 January, when it experienced…
A total of six new volunteers under Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have already arrived in the country to do voluntary jobs around the country. They consists of three males and three females who spend around two years in the field of expertise and work assignments. Most of them will be based in the three…
Gov’t aims to attract more overseas visitors this year By CHARLEY PIRINGI THE Government is targeting a 9% growth of international visitor arrivals this year. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela made the statement during the 2018 Tourism in Focus, held at the Mendana Hotel, Tuesday. The event gathered stakeholders and tourism operators in the country to…
A FEMALE expat working for an international Non Government Organisation (NGO) in Honiara is offering a cash reward for the return of her stolen iphone. She told the Solomon Star someone grabbed the phone out of her hands at the Borderline Bus stop on January 19. “I and my three friends were there in a…
THE Opposition Group has called on Prime Minister Rick Hou to unveil its priorities for the remaining months of 2018. Opposition Leader Manasseh Maelanga said Prime Minister Hou in his inaugural speech last November announced that his new administration will quickly put in place a strategy entailing a set of priorities achievable during its short…
ALL activities relating to fishing or harvesting of sea cucumber (beche-de-mer) will cease as of midnight of January 31st 2018, says the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry said the five months ‘Open Harvest Period’ will end at midnight on Wednesday and no further extension will be…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela had re-emphasised the policy objectives his government wants to achieve in the next eight months. Speaking to members of the local media on Monday at Heritage Park Hotel, Houenipwela said the government aims to stabilize the political situation, stabilize the financial situation, pass the 2018 budget and implement major projects. Houenipwela…
POLICE in Auki, Malaita Province, are investigating the burning of six dwelling houses at a settlement near Fote Village, West Kwara’ae, on 26 January 2018. The burning of the dwelling houses happened after an argument over land where a logging company is operating. Supervising Provincial Police Commander, Malaita Province, Superintendent Timothy Apaesi says: “There are…
PEOPLE of East Kwara’ae region of Malaita are voicing their grave concerns over the lack to secure a radio frequency to hear weather updates given the current weather situation. Reports reaching the Solomon Star from an East Kwara’ae man Alphonse Kelly on Monday said, they could not find the radio frequencies of both AM and…
THE Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Charles Dausabea has described the way retirement benefits being taxed as ‘non-sense.’ Mr. Dausabea is calling on the current government to revoke this practice because it will cripple the very people who have been serving the country and paying their tax contribution over the years. He…