PACIFIC diplomacy at its best – that’s the only way to describe the Western Pacific Fisheries Commission’s recent road trip of Asia which poses the largest combined threat to regional fish stocks. The Chinese and Taiwanese fleets by their sheer size and state fuel subsidies have a distinct advantage over Pacific nations on the high…
MEMBERS of the general public are being warned to carefully inspect goods that will be on crazy sale in the coming days as the festive season is closing in. The Solomon Star was informed by a concerned Honiara citizen Samson Kakadi that, it is this time of the year that most shops will want to…
THE Our Telekom Munda Christmas carol competition is progressing very well in Lambete, Munda Western Province. On Tuesday night there were 10 groups that participated in the elimination round. A statement from the organizers (Our Telekom) said at the end of the elimination “Medical Needles” of Lale was pronounced the winner and its runner up…
The last intake of participants for this year’s Youth@Work 0Young Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) has graduated on Friday after a two-week intensive training on starting your own business (SYOB), a course run in tandem with the International Labour Organization (ILO) who have provided extensive TOT to the Youth@Work youth-led staff this year. The 22 graduates received…
The recently held ANZ GoMoney Mobile Banking program held in Noro, Western Province was a success. This was according to the Team Leader Caleb Pituvaka. The one day workshop comprises of two phases, the Money Minded Training and the Business Basics training. The Money Minded phase comprises of five modules which teaches participants about planning…
VARIOUS Early Childhood Education (ECE) centres within Honiara and Guadalcanal have closed the 2015 academic year with prize presentations and feasting yesterday. A visit within the Honiara town boundary has seen many kindergarten students and their teachers who ended the year’s program with joy. Some of the Schools that had their closing ceremonies yesterday were,…
INTERNATIONAL multi-platinum artist and United Kingdom R&B Sensation Craig David has arrived in Honiara yesterday ahead of the grand opening of the Coral Sea Resort and Casino this weekend. The Solomon Star understands that, he will be the headline on both launch events performing his world-re-owned TS5 show. On arrival at the Henderson terminal, he…
Three more cases recorded this year, official total now stands at 28 SOLOMON ISLANDS has officially recorded three new HIV cases this year, one female and two males. The three new cases of HIV was announced by the under secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Dr Chris Becha during the launching of…
PRIME MINISTER Manasseh Sogavare has vowed to clash head-on with the parliamentary opposition on the floor of parliament. Prime Minister Sogavare says he is reserving his counter response to all the allegations the parliamentary opposition group have levelled against him until parliament resumes its meeting this week. In an exclusive interview with Solomon Star, Mr…
“In Solomon Islands we lose one precious mother every three weeks due to complications with pregnancy or child birth and on average six infants die each week”. This was stated by the Coordinator of the UN Joint Programme support to Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Ms. Mary McCabe during her official remarks during…