RESIDENTS of Honiara city should take pride of their city and respect it by maintaining cleanliness. That’s the call by Pr Robinson Diosi, the Coordinator of the Clean-Up Campaign organised by members of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) in Honiara during a one-day clean-up drive on Sunday in Honiara. During the event, hundreds of Adventist…
SOLOMON Islands is being ranked 15th amongst the top 50 most beautiful countries in the world. That’s according to an United Kingdom’s (UK) based organization called ‘money.co.uk’ in a study released last year. One of the main criteria to rank the countries is because they are homes to the most natural sights such as mountains,…
SOLOMON Islands Mission (SIM) of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church has launched ‘I will go to my neighbour’ in a weekend combined service at Maranatha Hall East Honiara. This year’s emphasis is that all SDA church members are commissioned to go to their neighbour to preach the gospel of the three angels’ messages to the neighbours…
MISS Solomon Islands, Tiare Haro, was awarded the National Tourism Award and Best Stage Interview Award at the Miss Pacific Islands 2022-2023 crowning last Friday in Apia, Samoa. She was amongst the five contestants for the Miss Pacific Islands Crown. Miss Papua New Guinea, Josie Nicholas, was crowned the Miss Pacific Islands 2022-2023, making it…
Malaita chiefs have called on the mover of the Motion of No Confidence against Premier Daniel Suidani to withdraw the motion following a meeting in Auki last Friday. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki following the meeting, a spokesperson for the chiefs, Flex Fiumae said chiefs representing all language groups in Malaita Province have held an…
THE refurbishment work on seven selected schools and institution that will serve as athletes’ accommodation during the Pacific Games 2023 is well underway. Star Sports has visited one of the Schools, the St Josephs Tenaru National Secondary school where work on the dormitories has started. The project started since December last year and is expected…
SOLOMON Islands national football players, Alvin Hou and Atkin Kaua has signed up with Fiji’s Rewa FC. This was confirmed by Oceania Football in a statement yesterday. The duo will be Rewa for the 2023 football season in Fiji. Nazeel Buksh, Rewa’s FC president, confirmed the deals to Oceania Football. “Alvin and Atkin will join…
CDF grants are under scrutiny as government officials commenced discussions on the inconstancies in the legality of their disbursement SENIOR government officials have begun a series of meetings to address what is described as the “inconsistencies” in the legality of disbursing grants from the multi-million dollar Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Representatives of key government ministries…
THE GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has refuted reports that it had attempted to block nurses from working overseas. In a statement the ministry said, it was startled by the Island Sun front-page report on Thursday last week, that health officials are working on, what it described as “Blocking” nurses…
Washington re-establishes diplomatic presence in Solomon Islands after almost 30 years of withdrawal The United States (US) Embassy will accelerate the vital collaboration in building the decades of ties between the US and Solomon Islands after 30 years of diplomatic absence in Honiara. US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, made this assurance during the…