NO formal agreement between the United States (SU) and the Solomon Islands Governments is required for the SCALE program to move forward, the United States Embassy in Port Moresby said on Thursday. “As I mentioned yesterday (on Wednesday), because SCALE is managed by a USAID implementing partner – and not the SIG, a formal partnership…
STUDENTS owe the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) nearly $123 million in unpaid tuition fees, the latest figures released by SINU earlier this week have shown. The Solomon Star has obtained a copy of the list, which also shows details of students, their faculties as well as how much they owe in unpaid tuition fees.…
THE death of a young engineer earlier this week has re-ignited the debate over who should be responsible for cleaning up World War II unexploded bombs in Solomon Islands. People of all walks of life – young and old – took to the social media this week arguing the pros and cons of the debate…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) in Tulagi Police Station in the Central Province have arrested a 44-year-old male person for allegedly having sexual intercourse with her own mother. The victim in this case is between 65 to 70 years old from Vuturua village in small Ngela and the incident occurred on 8…
‘KG VI students received WASHBAY 85’ IT was mission accomplished when the new ‘Wash-Bay’ was officially handed over to King George Sixth (KG VI) School by former scholars’ class of 85-89 as their gift to their former school yesterday. Dubbed as ‘WASHBAY 85’ both the Chairman of the class of 85-89 John Adifaka Jnr…
Says Opposition Leader based on ‘Special Audit Report’ and ‘Sore Report’ THE Leader of Opposition Matthew Wale calls on the Minister for Home Affairs to quickly dissolve the Honiara City Council (HCC) and to review its structure. The call was made in light of the damning allegations of corrupt activities made in the Special Audit…
EXTORTION allegedly involving one Honiara City Councillor is the latest accusation to emerge from the report into the Honiara City Council financial affairs. A member of the public told Solomon Star on Tuesday the Councilor “used his position … to try to extort a huge amount of money from me.” “When the chairman of his ward…
A TEAM from the One More Shot (OMS) consisting of local photographers at Dreamcast will hit the street on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th May this week for the third time to raise funds to save another precious life. This time its for Linda Mabo a 16 year old girl who is diagnosed with heart…
IN A TOUCHING manner the Australian High Commissioner His Excellency Dr. Lachlan Strahan offered words of condolence to the family of last Sunday’s bomb explosion victim in Honiara. The words spoken to the Premier of the Western Province David Gina on behalf of the family was taken to the heart by those who were present…
The new City Mayor Eddie Siapu chaired his first Executive meeting since taking over the Mayor’s position. In his remarks, Mayor Siapu said he is overwhelmed by the confidence vested upon him to assume the leading role as the Head of HCC Governance. “Despite all odds, this is the beginning of a new era as…