Accused of violating council route rules DRIVERS of 17 public buses accused of violating the Honiara City Council’s bus route regulations will face the Magistrate’s Court today. Honiara City Council law enforcement officers arrested the bus drivers for traveling on shorter routes instead of the routes the council had put in place. Head of the…
Police at the Munda Police Station have thanked several women who had the courage and responsibility to report an alleged sexual grooming matter on 11 March 2018 which they are now investigating. “We have received a report and I want to thank these women who were concerned and took the initiative to come forward to…
VICTIMS of an alleged arson incident that took place last month near Fote community in West Kwara’ae, Malaita province, are now sheltering under tarpaulins but still living in fear. A spokesman Max Bobby told the Solomon Star the affected families are now living under tarpaulins. Solomon Islands Red Cross Society provided the tarpaulins, cooking utensils…
Games delegation queried, Rara defends claims By RONALD TOITO’ONA THE Solomon Islands delegation for the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia is being probed by certain National Federation members, it was revealed. This came after a leaked list of the confirmed athletes and officials has in it, names of close family members of the National…
COUNCILLOR for Vura Ward in East Honiara Alfrence Fatai has stepped in to assist Zion Futsal Club. Following a request from the club management for assistance, a cash donation was handed over to them. Councillor Fatai said it was for a good course to help the club in the upcoming Easter Knock out. “I’m pleased…
GILBERT Camp Water Pump Stone field seven a side soccer league kicked off its round two matches this week. The teams have completed their round one matches last week. On Monday history has twisted which saw a lot of improvements and the competition between teams will be getting tougher. The first match on Monday saw…
YOUNG tennis star now uprising soccer star Benjamin Junior is now the talk of football in the country, after shining for his Rewa FC outfit. Junior is now currently playing for the Rewa FC Under-19 side, and have scored 6 goals in 4 matches played. Following his reign in the youth team, the 18 year…
SOLOMON Islands national rugby sevens team are settling down in Suva ahead of the Soltuna 7s tournament this weekend. The team arrived in Fiji’s capital on Tuesday as they hit the ground running with some light training sessions. They will be participating in the inaugural Soltuna 7s a historic tournament to be held outside the…
Divit Rural Training Center (RTC) in West Guadalcanal welcomes the arrival of 11 Rotary members from Australia who will spend two weeks at the center. They will spend two weeks to conduct renovation work on food preparation hall at the center. Speaking during the welcome ceremony a local Rotary member said, the team will spend…
BISHOP Koete Rural Training Centre (RTC) at Taroniara in Ngella, Central Province over the weekend took ownership of a newly installed wind mill project funded by New Zealand. High Commissioner of New Zealand in the Solomon Islands, His Excellency Don Higgins was the guest of honour at the official launching program. “New Zealand is not…