Solomon Islands Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, His Excellency (H.E), Cornelius Walegerea, attended the World Future Energy Summit held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from 16th to 18th April 2024. The Summit was hosted by Masdar, a UAE State Owned Renewable Energy company. The World Future Energy Summit focus on advancing the…
Lobbying for the formation of the 12th Parliament gov’t intensifies, Wale’s rejection of Lilo’s proposal to join CARE leaves the tripartite coalition at the verge of disintegration THE rejection of a proposal by the Central Honiara Member of Parliament (MP)-elect Gordon Darcy Lilo to join the Coalition for Accountability, Reform and Empowerment (CARE) if he…
MALAITA Province’s representatives in the 12th Parliament comprise four new faces and 10 returnees. The four new faces are Daniel Waneoroa who is the MP-elect for North Malaita replacing Senley Filualea, Ben Maenu who is MP-elect for Lau-Mbaelelea replacing Augustine Auga, Ricky Fuo’o MP-elect for Central Kwara’ae replacing Jackson Fiulaua and Polycarp Paea MP-elect for…
NORTH New Georgia Constituency (NNGC) constituents want their re-elected Member of Parliament, John Dean Kuku to deliver more development projects in the constituency his third term in Parliament to strengthen money circulation in the region. Kuku has been re-elected in this year’s National General Election of the Joint Election for his third term. A constituent…
WESTERN Provincial Capital Gizo experienced a limited supply of garden produce at its market throughout last week as people across the province have been busy participating in the electoral process. As observed by the Solomon Star, the Gizo main market was virtually empty as most of the market vendors from in and around Gizo were…
Dear Editor, THE system we use in this country for electing MPs is the “first past the post” system. That means the candidate with the most votes wins. At first sight there is nothing wrong with that but when you take a closer look at the figures you will see that in many cases the…
THE Leader of the Solomon Islands Democratic Party (SIDP) and the Coalition for Accountability, Reform and Empowerment (CARE) Matthew Wale has been called on to apologize to the people of both Choiseul and Western provinces for his recent derogatory remarks. The call was made by Chief of Samango Village in the Shortland Islands, Bernard Otuana…
WITH the official declaration of all 50 Members of Parliament (MPs)-elect of the 12th Parliament now over, intense lobbying is now underway ahead of Prime Minister’s Election in a fortnight. According to the tentative schedule, all MPs-elect are expected to arrive in Honiara this week and will proceed with lobbying to form the next government.…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) officers at Kirakira police station have arrested a 40-years old male person for breaching the nation-wide liquor ban order at Makira/Ulawa Province on 18 April 2024. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Juanita Matanga said the police have received a report that some youths (male) from Central Makira were drunk and…
GAO-BUGOTU Constituency in Isabel Province awaits the decision of the High Court on the winning candidate of the constituency’s Parliamentary Seat. The Returning Officer (RO) did not count the 13 pre-poll ballot papers from Honiara, except for Buala, during the batch counting process. Despite this, the RO declared Trevor Mahaga Hedley as the winner with…