Gouna Hill in West Kwaio was the latest community to be connected to the breeze mobile network following the launching of its 40 meter tower on Monday. Its one of the 13 new towers to be launched by Our Telekom around Malaita province in the coming days. The launching which took place at Mao’a community…
A MOTHER and wife of one of the suspects involved in the weekend heist of the ANZ automatic teller machine (ATM) is now in police custody after being found in possession of $50, 700 hard cash. The arrest came after three of the male suspects were apprehended by police in the past few days. Two…
A stand-off between the Solomon Islands National University’s (SINU) executive with the lecturers association of SINU (LASINU) has delayed the resumption of the semester 2 classes. Reports reaching the paper said most of the classes are yet to resume despite entering week two of semester two lectures according to the school’s academic calendar. Except for…
More than 20 chairmen and secretaries of local clinics in North West Guadalcanal have successfully completed a two days training over the weekend. The training was facilitated by a team from Guadalcanal provincial health division with the support from the community leaders who allowed the venue for the workshop. The workshop was held in Visale…
A Solomon Islands academic has sounded a note of caution about moves to re-arm the local police force. The government recently authorised the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) to commence the limited reintroduction of firearms into the Royal Solomon Islands Police. Dr Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka, from the University of Hawai’i’s Center for Pacific…
All eligible voters who have registered under their constituency in the provinces have been reminded to check their names. An official from Solomon Islands electoral commission’s (SIEC) office said its important that voters must check for their names in the provisional list at their respective polling stations before the period for the omission and objection…
About 80% of the country’s population living in the rural areas are in need of better health services. Minister of health and medical service (MHMS) Charles Sigoto revealed this in an interview with Solomon Star. Mr Sigoto said the geographical location of the country has posed a greater challenge for the government to equally support…
The Fijian Government is still waiting for contact from the Solomon Island’s Government to resolve the airline dispute between the two countries so that the normal flight schedule can resume between Nadi and Honiara. The Attorney-General and Minister for Civil Aviation, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, said that Fiji’s position has remained consistent and that responsibility for the…
QBE insurance international this week donated $43,000 to Solomon Islands Red Cross (SIRC) in Honiara. The money will go towards assisting the non-government organisation in its relief and humanitarian work in the country. Krista Galo from the company said its the first time for the company to donate money to Red Cross. She said the…
The Honiara Magistrate has on Monday given an order for an accused to report a bribery case involving a traffic police officer to the police. This was after the accused Ishmael Robert told the court on Monday that a police officer has asked him to give her $500 promising him that if he did so,…