THE body of late Henry Galo has arrived back in the country from Philippines and was flown over to his home province of Malaita on Sunday. Late Galo was a student doing his study in Philippines but suddenly die last week. “The deceased went to his room and never woke up another day, student’s president,”…
RSIPF officers in Makira Province recently recovered stolen items from angry people at the Wanamabe Logging Camp in East Makira as well uprooted marijuana plants. Police recovered two chain saws worth $25,0000 each; one 12 voltage battery worth $3,000 and one out boat motor (OBM). The properties were owned by Middle Island Logging Company. No…
A DEAL to strengthen the newly introduced Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement between government and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce (SICCI) was formally sealed yesterday in Honiara. A statement from the Prime Minister Press Secretariat said, this historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), paves a way for a strengthened partnership between the government and private…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the Correctional Services of Solomon Islands (CSSI) will be mounting a ceremonial parade to mark the country’s 39th Independence Anniversary this morning. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley in his weekly conference yesterday said they are preparing for today’s important event that will be held at the Lawson Tama…
THE three captains of the blue boats who entered our waters and stole our marine resources say they are victims of human trafficking. This was revealed yesterday by their lawyer Public Solicitor Douglas Hou in the High Court during the mitigation and sentencing submissions of their case. Mr Hou also told the court upon the…
REAL Kakamora striker Joseph Hiri is currently leading the Golden Boot race of the 2017 Solomon Cup Tournament. Hiri bagged five goals from three matches played since the start of the competition. He scored his highest number of goals in one match against Renbel Avaiki Chiefs in their opening group match. If he continues to…
15.00 800×600 Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,sans-serif;} The speaker for Malaita provincial government, Titus Fika has welcomed the five Fijian rugby players who arrived in Honiara over the weekend to feature…
THE national athletes that took part in the 2017 Oceania Athletics Championship in Fiji last week were asked to have a good rest to recover well before hitting the field again for training sessions. Athletes coach Francis Manioru urged the athletes to have a good transition after coming back from the competition in Fiji early…
Dear Editor – In support of your headline early this week, regarding a foreign contractor, reported had badly treated his local laborers, we cannot just take it for granted. It is something which our MTB and CTB need to take it hard. After all we cannot allow foreigners to mistreated our own people in our…
Dear Editor – I refer to Star No.6636 of Tuesday 4 July, 2017 which published His Excellency Taneti Maamau and First Lady Teiraeng courtesy call on Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare Friday last week. In particular His Excellency’s acknowledgement of the point; Solomon Islands continued hosting of people from Kiribati in various parts of the…