MEMBERS of the public in Auki have called on the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) and owners of the Auki Fish Market to connect running water to the market for vendors to wash their fish catches. A regular visitor to the Auki Fish Market, Francis Folia said it is a regular practice that fish vendors usually…
THE public in Western Province are questioning the high cost of unpaid electricity bills by the second biggest hospital in the province – Helena Goldie Hospital. One of the concerned members of the public is a Provincial Member of the Assembly (MPA). The MPA who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Solomon Star that…
THE Solomon Islands Maritime Association (SIMTA) wants justice in the Solomon Islands Government’s (SIG) tax levy on fares and freights imposed on seafarers and the shipping industry. It was reported the tax levy is very high compared to that imposed on other sectors in the country. Solomon Maritime Transport Association (SIMTA) representative, George Takeli, highlighted…
LIMITED manpower resource has been a challenge for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIFP) in the Western Province. This was highlighted by the Police Provincial Commander (PPC), Matthias Lenialu, in an interview with the Police Media Unit over the National Broadcaster – Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) – last week. He said the province…
A medical doctor at NRH pleads for generous financial assistance towards the travel costs of six children to Fiji by July 1 to undergo life-saving surgeries SIX children with congenital heart disease need generous financial support to undergo life-saving surgeries at the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Heart Hospital in Fiji. Dr Baddley Ludawane of…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP today had a bilateral meeting with the Australian deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Richard Marles. Deputy Prime Minister Marles used the official engagement to reaffirm Australia’s bilateral relations and cooperation with Solomon Islands and also made announcements in key areas of cooperation which include the support for…
THE outgoing President of the Solomon Islands Football Federation, SIFF, Willie Lai has acknowledged Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP, as the national leader whose stewardship saw football reaching new heights, giving hope for aspiring Solomon Islands athletes. Speaking during the recent SIFF Congress, Lai stressed, many leaders have come and gone but have turned…
Police are investigating a suspicious death of a Novice brother of the Church of Melanesia whose body was found with deep wounds lying at the seaside close to Tolegu village at Havulei district in Isabel Province. The National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) are working closely with Buala police…
THE young man who caused the death of another man whose body was found lying at the bottom of the steep hill at Botanical Garden in 2020 has been sentenced to four years in prison. Ruben Jayrick Hitu, 26, was sentenced this week following his conviction after a trial for one count of manslaughter. Justice…
MOST of the offerings and tithes worth more than $50, 000 stolen by thugs from Gizo GF Jones Memorial Church at the Western Provincial capital around the midnight of Monday were collections from the weekends. That’s according to the Area Church Pastor (ACP) Vernon Peter after comments and questions have been raised by the public…