VDC formally filed official corruption allegation against Minister Kologeto to Anti-Corruption Commission THE Minister for Commerce, Industries Immigration and Labour, Frederick Kologeto has been formally reported to the Solomon Islands Independent Commission Against Corruption [SIICAC] for official corruption. The formal complaint was lodged with the Commission last Wednesday, retired Magistrate, Esther Lalepitu, told Solomon Star…
UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous has called for immediate action to end violence against women and girls. Bahous made the call in her statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women last Friday. “Push forward – act now to end violence against women and girls.” She said…
DEFENDING champion, Western Tomoko suffered their first defeat of the 2022 Solomon Cup tournament with a 3-1 defeat to Isabel Frigates at Lawson Tama stadium yesterday. Despite having the early scoring chances, Tomoko was unfortunate to find the back of the net until eight minutes before full time to score their only goal. There was…
A quick assessment by CBSI sets the total cost of building damages in Honiara caused by last week’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake at $1.85million THE 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Guadalcanal last Tuesday has left an estimated total loss of roughly around $1.85-Million from damages it caused to buildings in Honiara. This is according to a…
The continuous circulation of mutilated and old currency notes in Western Province is a cause of concern for many customers. A number of Gizo residents told this paper over that weekend that there seems to be a lot of currency notes especially, $5, $10 and $20 notes which are very broken and old are still…
PM Sogavare commends the Australian-led Solomon Islands Assistance for keeping peace one year after the Honiara November riots PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has commended the Solomon Islands Assistance Force (SIAF) for responding to improve the security situation in Honiara one year after the 2021 November riots. Speaking at the resumption of Parliament Thursday this week,…
The Guadalcanal Provincial Government has urged its debtors to pay their outstanding bills as soon as possible so it can use the monies to implement its development programmes. Speaking during the provincial assembly meeting on Wednesday, Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) of Guadalcanal Province stated that a total of $77,713,035.01 dollars in property rates…
First two matches kick off today THE 2022 Solomon Cup tournament was officially open yesterday at the Lawson Tama Stadium. The official opening was marked with a uniform parade by all 10 participating provincial teams. Both the major sponsor, Solomon Breweries Limited and the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) welcomed all the teams and wished…
PARLIAMENT is on a brief vacation as of Thursday after its sitting was adjourned to Monday December 5, 2022. Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, moved the special adjournment in parliament yesterday after the Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma, delivered his speech on the Appropriation Bill 2022-2023 Budget. The Prime Minister when moving the motion…
INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED Jamaican reggae artist, Orville Thomas, who is better known by his stage name ‘Da’ Ville’ will be touring Solomon Islands again this December for two live concerts. Da’ Ville, who first visited Solomon Islands in December 2019, confirmed his second tour to Solomon Islands for the Door Man’s Project (DMP) early last week. He…