SILENTWORLD – the foreign-owned shipping logistics and fuel re-sales outfit in Honiara with strong links to the Australian government – is negotiating the purchase of the former Solomon Taiyo factory site at Tulagi. Solomon Islands National Provident (SINPF), which owns the prime seafront site confirmed yesterday it and Silentworld are negotiating the sale and purchase.…
A $5million dollar project for the construction of a new Youth Centre Complex for the Western Province will commence once a tender process is carried out. The multi-millionaire project comes under the Provincial Constituency Development Fund (PCDF) with a budget allocation of 3 million dollar and another additional $2million support from the National Government. Speaking…
Work to rehabilitate existing road networks within the West Guadalcanal Constituency (WGC) is on schedule and soon to begin after supporting machineries for the roadwork were secured in December 2022. Constituency Development Officer (CDO) Chris Elvish Laubua said upgrading work will cover existing roads including Marasa to Mbambanakira road, Kusumba road and Naro to Lambi…
“When helping women in our villages – Government is not wasting money; in fact, women need support and guidance to even start businesses or access to finance”, stated Deputy Secretary Ministry of Commerce Mr Eric George in response to an article by the Island Sun “Waste of Money”. For Sepi Women Inshore Fisheries Initiative it…
Chinese nationals sentence, Feb 6 TWO Chinese nationals who assaulted a Bangladesh in April at Lungga, East of Honiara will be sentenced on February 6. Jun Jie Ma and Yuang Ma had been found guilty after a trial of Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm. Their matter was listed for sentence yesterday but was adjourned as…
A MAN from South Malaita was arrested in Gizo, Western Province for allegedly lying and collecting thousands of dollars from members of the public in Gizo and Munda. Some of the victims told Solomon Star Gizo that the man borrowed money from them and never repaid them. Western Provincial Police Commander (PPC) chief superintendent Mathias…
THE country has been operating under an exploitation and extractive development modality. This was stated by Malaita Province Premier Daniel Suidani at the opening of the 2022/2023 revised budget meeting, Monday. He said the Forests are been harvested through logging and huge portions of forests were cleared for monoculture in the form of coconut and…
Both parties find ways to resolve issue amicably POLICE said the recent killing in North Malaita should be resolved “anytime soon” as they had taken all the necessary steps needed to tackle the issue. The murder, said to be a payback killing took place more than a week ago. Reports said the killing had divided…
A MAN who is part Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea was arrested in Gizo, Western Province today (Monday 16th January) for allegedly stealing a GPS from a yacht which is berthing inside Gizo harbour. The yacht belongs to a couple from Germany who are visiting the country as tourists. They are currently visiting Gizo…
GIZO: A TRIBE on Vella, Western Province has opted for carbon trading instead of logging their land for commercial gain. The tribe made the decision after several communities and tribes in Choiseul and Western Provinces started benefiting from the carbon trading initiative after formally registering their tribes into associations. To be part of the carbon…