The Western Province has a new Premier. He is, David Gina, a fifty-seven year old former Lands Administrator and Government Public Servant. Mr Gina collected a total of fifteen votes with the only rival his ward colleague, Ramraka Talasasa with eleven votes in runner up position, during a secret ballot session in the first full…
A search is on for a foreign national believed to have fallen over board, after his boat was found at Sambora Village, Vella la Vella on Monday. Police in the Western Province are mounting the search. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Chief Superintendent, Mathias Lenialu, said reports reaching his office said a 50-year-old German…
Named 2018 ‘woman of courage’ THE United States Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Her Excellency Catherine Ebert Gray, will tomorrow present Emma Garo with the 2018 Ambassador’s Woman of Courage Award in Honiara. “By honoring Emma Garo, we are honoring all women who have struggled, survived, and succeeded, who have faced unbelievable hardships and discrimination,” said…
RESIDENTS of Tuvaruhu, central Honiara are urgently appealing to responsible authorities to immediately remove exposed bottles of chemicals, which were discovered behind the Tuvaruhu community high school (CHS), Monday. The Solomon Star was at the scene yesterday to witness the scary discovery, and have noticed that more than 10 different types of cartons of chemicals…
THE sixth Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival (MACFest) officially commenced on Sunday in a dramatic showdown at the Lawson Tama stadium in Honiara. The program commenced with an official parade from the Honiara city council (HCC) all the way to Lawson Tama. Participants from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, East Timor, Australia and…