PRIME Minister Rick Hou has warmly welcomed the increased funding by the New Zealand Government under the Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme. The New Zealand high commissioner to Solomon Islands Don Higgins this week presented a letter from the acting New Zealand prime minister Rt Hon Winston Peters, to prime minister Hou, on the details…
Police Commissioner Matthew Varley says the conviction of two police officers recently in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court indicates that there is no room for corruption in the police force. Mr Varley made this sentiment at his weekly conference on Thursday at the Rove Police Headquarters. “The point I would want to make in terms of…
A YOUNG mother in her 20s has died instantly, after being struck by a lightning on Wednesday, in a remote community in Baegu, North-East Malaita. The unfortunate incident happened at Lobau village, in the highlands of Baegu, when the innocent mother was doing domestic work outside their family home. Information reaching Solomon Star Auki claimed…