Oto’s pre-trial Dec 8 CONTINUATION of the pre-trial conference on the case of a former government officer accused of obtaining more than $800,000 of public funds through dishonest tender will be conducted on December 8. The pre-trial conference on the case of Stephen Jude Oto who faces 11 counts of official corruption was conducted on…
MINISTER for Police, National Security and Correctional Services, Moses Garu says the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) is progressing on the right trend in this post RAMSI era. Speaking on the floor of parliament during the Motion of Sine Die on Monday, Mr Garu urged the country to trust the work of the police.…
PROVINCIAL premiers and the Deputy Mayor of Honiara City have strongly repeated their call on the National Government to allocate adequate resources to strengthen the revenue collection capacity of provincial governments. The provincial leaders resounded the call on day two of the 9th Premier’s Conference currently underway in Auki, Malaita Province, following presentations by a…
A FORMER Councillor of Peace and Monitoring Council Casper Joseph Fa’asala calls on responsible authorities to reactivate the police post at AvuAvu. He made the appeal in response to recent incidents of rape and murder in the Weathercoast area of Guadalcanal. Mr Fa’asalas aid this issues and conflicts will never stop; it has been going…
USP holds back students’ grades due to arrears By SIMON ABANA HUNDREDS of government-sponsored students’ final grades are on-hold due to unpaid arrears incurred in semester two of the 2017 academic year. Severely hit are students studying at the University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Laucala and Honiara campuses. USP released semester two grades this…
Vietnamese man skips meal in protest By TEDDY KAFO A VIETNAMESE National Van Thang Nguyen went on hunger strike at the Rove police cell, West Honiara since the weekend. A well placed source within the Correctional Services told the Solomon Star that the Vietnam man refused to eat his daily meals provided to him at…
Police in Guadalcanal Province have reported the death of a 61-year-old male at a village in the Tina area of Central Guadalcanal after being attacked by a wild pig yesterday 27 November 2017. It was alleged the deceased was trying to assist two other men to kill the wild pig which was trapped in the…
MISS Solomon Emily Chan will raise her voice on Climate Change issues affecting the country at the Miss Pacific Pageant show in Nadi, Fiji next week. Ms Chan jetted out of the country on Monday with the responsibility to share the issue of climate change in Solomon Islands to the Pacific. “As a young contestant…
Prime Minister Rick Hou on Monday formally opened the 9th Premier’s Conference in Auki Malaita Province. This was his first formal appearance outside of Honiara since taking office as the Solomon Islands Prime Minister on November 15, 2017. Speaking during the official opening of the week long premier’s conference PM Hou assured the provincial premiers…
The time has come for men, women, boys and girls in Solomon Islands to stand together as equals, Side by Side. That is the message of a new long-term advocacy campaign that aims to change the beliefs and attitudes of Solomon Islands youth towards gender equality and ending violence against women and girls. Side by…