Dereveke – International marketing strategy fixed on promoting core product offering Newly released Solomon Islands visitor arrival figures for Q1 2023 show the destination has equalled numbers achieved for the same period in 2020 before the country initiated a border closure which saw the country cut off from the world for more than 800 days.…
The latest discovery of alluvial gold in West Kwara’ae is significant for Malaita province. Malaita Technical Institute (TIM) confirmed the discovery during the institution’s 8th graduation ceremony in Auki on Friday. TIM Director Bernard Bakote’e said the discovery of the alluvial gold is an indication that the institution has the capacity to do research of…
The Governments of Solomon Islands and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have engaged in a bilateral dialogue specifically on Tourism sector. The Minister of Tourism of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed ALKHATEEB and Solomon Islands delegation led by Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare welcomed the fact that both countries share deep interests in…
OUR Telekom today launched its M-Selen Mobile Money Service simultaneously in three locations around the country. The money service was launched in Auki, Gizo and Honiara at 10am today. M-Selen Mobile Service is a new service within the company to allow our people nation-wide to access financial services through their mobile phones. This is a…
The Acting Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga has applauded the Solomon Islands Red Cross Society (the National Society) for its humanitarian service to the people of Solomon Islands in the last 40 years. Honourable Maelanga was the chief guest at the commemoration of the National Society’s 40 years of service which was celebrated on Saturday night…
THE Auki Capital League 2023 started over the weekend at the Aligegeo Stadium with big wins for Central United FC and Southsiders FC. Eight teams in total are participating in the league; Central United FC, Southsiders FC, AG Fiu FC, Midwest United FC, Real Ravens FC, Aoke FC, GB United FC and Wale’s FC. Four…
Tourism is one of the country’s top potential revenue earner in the future as logging and other top revenue earners like mining are expected to slow down. The industry was badly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic between 2021 and 2022. For over 800 days, the country’s border was closed from all international entries because of…
KOLOALE FC goalkeeper, Sylvester Maenu’u has won the OFC Women’s Champions League Golden Glove award. The awards have been handed out at the inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League in Port Moresby. A statement from the OFC Media highlighted that Sylvester Maenu’u was a consistent source of frustration for opposition attackers, producing a number of outstanding…
THE Uniting Church in Solomon Islands together with the administration of its owned Vonunu National Secondary School (NSS) in the Western Province have renamed the school to ‘Reginald Chapman Nicholson College’ or ‘Nicholson College for short.’ The name change took effect as of last Tuesday – June 6. This was confirmed to Solomon Star by…
A European Union and World Vision team successfully visited project sites in Small Ngella last week. The team included EU Ambassador to the Pacific and Solomon Islands His Excellency Sujiro Seam. The two-day visit from 6th to 7th June was very informative as the team dialogued with community members to hear the project’s impacts on…