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…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade and Member of Parliament (MP) for North Vella La Vella Milner Tozaka has supported the Bill to extend the life of the current provincial assemblies of Choiseul and Western provincial government. He was speaking in Parliament, Thursday in support of the Bill to amend the Provincial Government Act…
THE presence of the devastating rhinoceros beetle in North East Guadalcanal is a major threat to oil palm investment in the area. That’s according to Parliamentary Independent leader Dr Derek Sikua in parliament last Friday. Dr Sikua said if nothing is done to curb the seriousness of this widely spread pest in the Guadalcanal plains,…
The ninth Premier’s Conference is set for its formal opening in the Malaita Provincial capital of Auki today. The Malaita Provincial Premier Peter Ramohia officially opened the ninth Premier’s Conference with the theme “Resourcing Provincial Infrastructure for Vibrant Economic Development,” at 9am on Monday. Speaking to the Solomon Star office in Auki on Sunday afternoon,…
Government sponsored students have hit out at the Minister for Education and Human Resource Development John Dean Kuku’s statement on outstanding allowances in Parliament last week. Minister Kuku assured parliament Fiji-based students outstanding allowance have been paid in full. Kuku uttered this when he answered a question raised by the Leader of the independent group…