POLICE is yet to recover a man who fell off from MV Kosco near Ringi harbour. The passenger and cargo vessel was on its routine trip to Western Province when the man from Kwaio, Malaita fell into the sea. The incident led to relative holding up the boat with a demand that the body be…
HONIARA was buzzing with excitement on Thursday after close to 2000 tourists from Australia landed at our shores. The one day visit had given smiles to the organisers, local craftsmen and women, cab and bus drivers, shop owners, tour guides, ports authority, banks, entertainers and the public at large. And one of the person who…
Mining and logging companies who are interested in operating in the province must comply with the provincial Acts and its ordinances. Renbel provincial secretary (PS) Angiki Peseika Baiabe issued the strong warning on Wednesday following interests shown by a number of firms to operate in the province. In an interview with the Solomon Star on…
Angry landowners shut down Buka airport in Bougainville on Wednesday, disrupting scheduled flights and holding the travelling public to ransom. The Post Courier reports that landowners from nearby Ieta village, under the leadership of Rungunahana Incorporated Land Group chairman, Herman Tugen, stormed the airport at around 9am. The landowners overturned luggage trolleys, parked their vehicles…
The government through the Office of the Prime Minister and the ministry of lands has held a one day consultation with Guadalcanal landowners over the long standing issue of Honiara city land boundary. The one day consultation has brought together land owning groups from Guadalcanal who have raised important issues surrounding the demarcation of the…
The new chief Magistrate of the Honiara Magistrates Court has described as worrying increasing incidents of rape in Solomon Islands. New Chief Magistrate Emmanuel Kouhota made the statement on Wednesday in Honiara after he was sworn-in by the country’s Chief Justice, Sir Albert Palmer. He said the High Court has hearing rape incidents of young…
Malaita provincial premier of Edwin Suibaea has rubbished claims that his provincial executive has sold the Auki primary school (APS) sports ground to a Chinese businessman in Auki. In an interview with the Solomon Star on Wednesday premier Suibaea said that he was shocked to hear about the news. “That’s news to me and I…
About 50 cabs from various taxi services in Honiara will assist Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) with tours in and around Honiara city following the arrival of tourist boat MV Dawn Princess early this morning. SIVB marketing manager Freda Unusi told the Solomon Star yesterday said these cabs will assist them to conduct tours around…
AUSTRALIA on Wednesday, apologised to Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga over an explosive body search its immigration carried out on him last week at Brisbane International Airport. And Mr Maelanga said he had accepted the apology, which High Commissioner Andrew Byrne delivered during a meeting between the two on Wednesday. “At least the high commissioner…
AUSTRALIAN immigration officials did an “explosive body search” on Manasseh Maelanga despite being told he was the Solomon Islands’ deputy prime minister. The incident last week at Brisbane International Airport infuriated Mr Maelanga, who yesterday expressed utter disappointment at the treatment. “I understand we leaders are exempted to immigration checks and body searches in international…