THE Government is believed to have drawn up a list of candidates to fill Solomon Islands’ Embassy in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), informed sources have confirmed. Solomon Star has seen a copy of the list, which consists of two former Members of Parliament, a non-serving diplomat, a former senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Who engages 2023 Pacific Games CEO? AS the countdown begins for the opening of the 2023 Games, a rift which could undermine the final preparations has developed between the Games Board and its Chief Executive Officer, Peter Stewart. And informants say the Games Organizing Committee including the Board need to know who employs the CEO.…
Goodbye 2022 your gone foreverIn the recorded history forevermoreIn times immemorial For the things undone was undone You come with a new face and a new pageAs clean as the crystal river and clear as a new ageFor in moving forward life is growing brighter for the youngBut growing dimmer and dim for the age A…
THE new premier of Western Province Billy Veo has told his executive to start work immediately and not to waste time. Mr Veo’s provincial executive totals to 14 MPAs, who took their oath at the Assembly Chamber in the Western Provincial capital Gizo on Tuesday. Mr Veo said the province has been without a government…
THE 26 new Members of Western Provincial Assembly have officially started duties with increased salaries and allowances. These increased salary packages were approved in June last year by the Parliamentary Entitlement Commission (PEC) the body which is responsible for our politicians’ entitlements. Some of the entitlements of the MPAs include a monthly housing allowance of…
Weak law enforcement has encouraged more locals venturing into brewing illegal homemade alcohol Kwaso. An elder and Teacher Boniface Aririmae raise this concern saying most people has continued to produce the illegal kwaso because police and responsible authorities are weak to enforce the law. He said that most people who secretly producing kwaso has nothing…
By His Excellency, Li MingAmbassador of the PRC Solomon Islands On the New Year’s Day of 2023, many people in China, like people in Solomon Islands, have enjoyed peaceful New Year celebrations. Young people were cheering in front of the New Year’s countdown board, screaming in the bright fireworks, and praying when the New Year’s…
The National government today handed over a 10.5 million dollars climate resilient wharf and ramp infrastructure to one of the small provinces in the country, Central Islands Province. Acting Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Maelanga officiated the official opening and handover of the Tulagi Wharf and Ramp, fully funded by the national government. “Today’s event demonstrates…
Dear Editor, It has been brought to my notice that the Atoifi Hospital in the Uru District of East Kwaio in Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands – a 90 bed hospital facility built in the early 60’s and currently serving a local population exceeding 80,000 people of all ages and degrees of infirmity and…
MALAITA Provincial Council of Women (MPCW) has reiterated its call to the government to enforce restriction on import of yeast in the country. President of MPCW Martha Rurai last week said the availability of yeast everywhere at shops provide an opportunity for people to produce illegal kwaso products which drive most young people into violence…