The New Zealand Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Delegation currently visiting Honiara has had a fruitful dialogue with Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP. Introducing the delegation, chairperson Jenny Salesa explained, the visit is to…… “strengthen bilateral relationships, inform the Committee’s current inquiry into fisheries in the Pacific, gain insights into Solomon Islands Covid-19…
SKILLED workers employed in various offices, including government ministries, who successfully applied for recruitment under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme, have resorted to lies to get their way through the interviews and application procedures and this trend is continuing. A source told Solomon Star recently that a good number of skilled workers currently…
Malaita Premier Martin Fini has declared Malaita Province’s readiness to engage with the National Government and other development stakeholders meaningfully MALAITA is ready to engage, Premier Martin Fini, has declared after initial discussions with the National Government and other development stakeholders. “I am pleased to announce that Malaita, under the Malaita New Government Fundamental Redirection…
POLICE are continuing to appeal to families and relatives of the suspect in the stabbing incident inside a public transport bus along the Mbokonavera-Skyline road in Honiara early this year to surrender him to police. The Police Media Unit said police were unable to arrest the suspect as he has no permanent address and has…
A delay to the project planning due to the COVID 19 outbreak in 2020 and the subsequent travel restrictions that pushed back the actual construction work to early 2021 did not deter the Government and People of Japan in delivering the Honiara International Airport Project on time especially before Solomon Islands hosts the Pacific Games…
IN May 2022, Beiporo Primary school on Vella La Vella, Western Province, signed a grant support worth $686,000 with the Japanese Government for the construction of a new classroom complex. This month, ten months on from the signing ceremony, the two-storey complex stands complete. For head teacher, Robson Apusae, this is a success story because…
THE cruise ship, National Geographic Orion, is leaving Solomon Islands for Vanuatu today after spending six days visiting remote places and enjoying the rich cultures of the visited islands. The state-of-the-art 102-passenger vessel arrived in the country on Friday last week in Lata, Temotu Province. It underwent clearance in Lata and travelled onward to Malapu…
POLICE say investigation into the 2014 shooting and arson attack on the Sun Express boat at Mbike Island, Gela, Central Province, on the eve of the Prime Minister’s election is still active. The Police Media Unit confirmed that the investigation is active and pending new information. “The reward is still active,” the Police Media Unit…
POLICE are continuing to appeal to families and relatives of the suspect in the stabbing incident inside a public transport bus along the Mbokonavera-Skyline road in Honiara early this year to surrender him to police. The Police Media Unit said police were unable to arrest the suspect as he has no permanent address and has…
THE public have been reminded about the right days to enquire about their passport applications at the allocated times. This came after members of the public, especially those interested to take up employment in Australia and New Zealand under the labour mobility scheme, continued to crowd the Immigration Department at the Ministry of Commerce and…