Dear Editor – There is an old, and in this case, a very appropriate saying in Australia: Why spoil a good yarn (story) with the facts. In my last two articles on the state of the nation and RAMSI I listed the concerns, widely held within the country, about the almost total failure of RAMSI…
Dear Editor – I heard over the national broadcaster’s National Radio Health Programme a couple of weeks past that a person’s mentality develops a healthy nation that is free from corruption, social crimes and violence of all kinds. In other words people should now develop human civilisation in reasoning matters out more especially on negative…
Dear Editor – This is to let you in on some aspects of the draft federal constitution that may need greater consultation. The government is fast tracking the passage of this. Once it is passed we had it. Some areas that need revision impinge on our industry – the media and the role of the…
POLICE Commissioner Frank Prendergast says the proposed Police Development Mission is not the same type of mission as the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). He was responding to media reports of a possible continuation of the Australian policesupport to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to which he said needed some clarification.…
EAST Malaita constituency will no longer have difficulties to hire machines to do road maintenance within their area. On Friday, Parliament Member for East Malaita Constituency and acting Prime Minster Manasseh Maelanga handed over a new brand excavator machine worth $1.58million to the constituency in Honiara. “This machine is purposely for East Malaita constituency,” Mr…
PEACE building is a long overdue initiative that should have been implemented 12 years ago says Sir Paul Tovua. Sir Tovua was speaking on Thursday at the United Nations (UN’s) one day youth and peace building workshop held at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU). “This is an initiative that I strongly believe is long…
THE GOVERNMENT Caucus has defended the 16-member delegation Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is leading to Taiwan. “Who says diplomacy is cheap,” Caucus chairman Jackson Fiulaua asked on Thursday when defending the trip, which has been heavily criticised. The total cost of the trip to tax payers is $1.6 million, which the Opposition and other government…
THE Honiara City Council health division together with the Consumer Affairs division within the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration says the task in ensuring shops do sell unexpired goods in the city is ongoing. This was in response to concerns raised to the Solomon Star this week by members of the public on…
MALAITA Premier, Peter Chanel Ramohia is calling all Malaitan youths to refrain from involving in illegal practices that may cause fear to people in the communities. Mr Ramohia made this call yesterday after learning about the four men who were arrested and remanded in custody on Tuesday afternoon in relation to an incident on 21…
THE Government this week signed a co-funding agreement with New Zealand to give the runway at Munda Airport an international upgrade. A statement from the New Zealand High Commission in Honiara said currently, all international flights into Solomon Islands are required to land at Henderson Airport – the country’s only International airport. “This means that…