(REUTERS/PACNEWS) SIX Pacific countries are at a high risk of debt distress in part due to government spending to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the World Bank said in a report on Thursday. The report, titled Raising Pasifika, said fiscal consolidation was needed in Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia…
Dear Editor, I have the privilege of growing up and seeing the beauty of our town post ethnic tension and prior through photos of old. The community feeling, the mangoes, the rain trees, the Christmas trees, frangipanis, the coolness, the shade, the island beauty reverberated still fully in the surrounding. Slowly changes have occurred, raises…
Tokyo awaits final report from the International Atomic Energy Agency to proceed with the discharge of nuclear treated water JAPAN is almost certain to go ahead with its plan to dump nuclear treated water from its Fukusima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, its envoy to Solomon Islands Miwa Yoshiaki told Solomon Star in an…
Dear Editor, That day was really fine and fitting to host the highest political echelon of the country. That day was also colourful and fitting to be fervently buried in the bosom of the music and dancing; tools used to entice the entire nursing assembly then. The celebration took its momentum to the enjoyment and…
THE matter of the late Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office Robson Djokovic before the Honiara Magistrate’s Court has been discontinued. This was after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) entered a Nolle Prosequi (to no longer prosecute) to discontinue with the matter against him after he died recently. Deputy…
(RSIPF/SolStar) OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have arrested eight suspects for allegedly planning to destroy major key infrastructures in Honiara. Police brought in those suspects for questioning. Few of them have been remanded, whilst others were released on strict bail conditions. Deputy Commissioner (DC) National Security and Operation Support (NSOS), Ian…
THE cost and loss from the communication blackout that affected many families and businesses in the three provinces of Choiseul, Malaita and Western are huge. Hundreds have been disconnected for some days when the submarine undersea fibre optic cable was damaged by a single fishing vessel last week Wednesday – 10th May. Since then, many…
NATIONAL futsal head coach Damon Shaw has named a 15-man squad for the Vietnam tour. Four changes were made to the team that lifted the inaugural Melanesian Futsal Cup 2023 in April. One of the key inclusions is three-time FIFA Futsal World Cup representative, James Egeta who will make a return since 2016. “This will…
Police foil major plans to disrupt 2023 Pacific Games with the arrest of several former militants POLICE may have foiled a plan to destroy major infrastructure facilities in Honiara and to disrupt the Pacific Games 2023 Games in November. In an operation mounted last week, Police arrested several former militants, including Moses Su’u, who allegedly…
THE two provinces of Choiseul and Western will not join the synchronised National General Election until 2028. The country will adopt the synchronised election system as of the next election in 2024. The non-inclusion of Choiseul and Western provinces in the synchronised election system until 2028 was highlighted by the Minister of Provincial Government and…