HONIARA – Labour mobility stakeholders from across the Pacific and beyond will gather in Honiara from 3-6 November 2025 for the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) 2025, hosted under the theme “Sustainable Reintegration Begins with Fair and Effective Recruitment”. The meeting, organised by the PACER Plus Implementation Unit (PPIU), which also serves as the Labour…
The critical role of international and regional trade in driving Solomon Islands’ economic growth, creating jobs, and enhancing national resilience has been highlighted during the 18th National Trade Development Council (NTDC) Meeting on Wednesday 29th October in Honiara. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka made these remarks while officially opening the NTDC workshop at the Heritage Park…
A foreign local registered vessel has been detained by Police Maritime of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF). This was for breaching its license condition at Indispensable Reef out of Renbel province recently. The arrest was made during the Royal Solomon Island Police Vessel (RSIPV) Gizo deployment under Operation Kurukuru 2025 to patrol our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) through the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has acknowledged eight senior final-year medical students from Bond University, Australia, who successfully completed a six-week clinical internship at Gizo Provincial Hospital and Helena Goldie Hospital in Munda, Western Province from 25 August to 3 October 2025. The internship was made…
The Honiara Council of Women (HCW) has successfully completed the Safeguarding in Communities Sporting Events (SCSE) and Children’s Reporting and Referrals Workshop earlier last week at the Multipurpose Hall, Central Honiara. The Honiara Table Tennis Association (HTTA) confirmed the successful hosting of the event, stating that a total of 84 participants, including chair ladies, executive…
The Honiara Table Tennis Association (HTTA) has launched its first-ever Business House Table Tennis Competition (BHTTC) 2025, held on Thursday 30th October at the Multipurpose Hall in Honiara. The BHTTC 2025 is the first competition of its kind organized by HTTA outside of youth and disability championships. HTTA President Kevin Olea told Solomon Star Sport…
The highly anticipated Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Super Beach Soccer Challenge has commenced at the SIFF Headquarters Beach Soccer Pitch in Honiara over the weekend. SIFF Futsal and Beach Soccer Development Officer Dickson Kadau confirmed to Star Sports that a total of 11 teams are being featured in this year’s competition. “Most of the…
Solomon Islands middle-distance runner Stephen Rahuasi has won the bronze medal in the men’s 800m at the 2025 Oceania Cup in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Representing Team Melanesia, the 23-year-old made a strong start and led for most of the race before being overtaken in the final stretch by New Zealand’s Jag Willers and William Dyball, finishing…
A public appeal has been launched to help raise funds for Angelina Parua, a young woman from North East Guadalcanal currently receiving treatment at the National Referral Hospital (NRH). Angelina has been diagnosed with Rheumatic Heart Disease and Severe Mitral Stenosis, a serious heart condition that requires an urgent Mitral Valve Replacement Surgery overseas. Medical…
A visiting Paediatric cardiology team from Australia has successfully completed community screening for rheumatic heart disease in Nguvia Community School, Ngalibiu Community School, St. Mary Tanagai Community School, Visale Community School. In the final two days of their visit, the team also conducted cardiac reviews of patients at the National Referral hospital (NRH). The delegation…