Dear Editor – The month July is now near the end and many of us are still standing in the queue to receive our rental payments for the houses used by the government officers. The delay of releasing these payments is very unusual. If my memory is still sound as it has always been ,…
Dear Editor – I wonder if you could please have this letter published in your paper. I have just lately come to learn of the controversy over the above matter upon coincidentally sighting a letter in your issue of 25th of June 2017, authored by Alec Leuba Bonunga, in which the author was retorting at…
Dear Editor – I guess what the critics wants is where the finger pointing will rest on this issue thus, as responsible officer I must respond putting in the (National Parliament Office) NPO side of the story. The National Parliament of Solomon Islands (NPSI) experienced frequent adjournment of Parliament Sittings caused by lack of quorum.…
Dear Editor – I write with regards to the above issue. At the end of each semester this issue of students failing their course is always a matter being discussed and raised in the social media and the mass media. It____s a sad case indeed. However, I have noted that in most cases students studying…
It is very interesting to read the article in Solomon Star issue No: 6636 on Tuesday 4 July 2017 from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL). The article titled “Truth about Waisis revealed” is full of errors and as a grass root man of Wairokai I wish to present the…
Market vendors from the Honiara Central Market are gathering for the first time to review their constitution. Twenty vendors from Honiara Central Market Vendors Association (HCMVA) and market management staff are meeting for two days with a legal consultant in Honiara to review their constitution, facilitated by UN Women’s Markets for Change (M4C) project. Improving…
Suva, Fiji – The Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) is partnering with the Foundation for the Development Cooperation (FDC) to co-convene the regional Financial Inclusion Innovation Summit which will be held from 29-31 August 2017 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This year’s Summit marks the 10th Anniversary of the event and will be the…
NOUMEA, (ISLANDS BUSINESS) — A new, stronger strain of the coconut-destroying Rhinoceros Beetle has been detected in the Pacific. Known as the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Guam Biotype, (Palm Killer), it is moving gradually from the Northern Pacific, south into Papua New Guinea and the Solomon islands. It now poses a threat to Vanuatu and Fiji.…
The man accused of stabbing another man resulting in his death early this month at Yandina, Central Province will appear again in court on August 7. Abraham Kaveru, 63, who faces one count of murder, appeared in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court on Monday afternoon. Police Prosecutor Abel Maelanga mentioned the matter on behalf of the…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will be installing Communications and Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking systems in its vehicles. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley during yesterday’s 9th Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum announced that GPS devices will be installed on all the RSIPF- issued vehicles. “This is to ensure that we know the location…