US provide 100,620 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Solomons THE country on Tuesday finally received the 100,620 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the United States Government through the COVAX Facility. This was made possible through a partnership co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and…
The Ministry of Provincial Governments and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) dismisses a newspaper report by reporter Eddie Osifelo in the Island Sun newspaper who claimed that Minister Rollen Seleso delays the endorsement of MARA Government appointments. The MPGIS has already engaged in the process of formally appointing new ministers submitted by Premier Daniel Suidani. But unlike…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara today (16 November 2021) farewelled their colleague officer the late Police Inspector Silas Sario Tuaviri during a funeral service at the Holy Cross Cathedral after he passed away on 12 November 2021. Speaking at the funeral service RSIPF Assistant Commissioner (AC) National Operations Ms…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has addressed the OUR Party Convention at the Cowboys & Grill today. Prime Minister Sogavare who is also the OUR Party Wing Leader said the political party grew from a humble and challenging beginning to the largest Political Party in the current National Parliament. The Prime Minister said in 2019, after…
Man to know fate over fraud voter’s registration, Nov 23 THE man accused of registering in several constituencies using different names in 2018 to vote at the last National General Election will know his fate on November 26. Alif Vai’s matter was listed for yesterday for the judgment. However, Principal Magistrate Felix Hollison who had…
The National Scholarship Division (NSD) at the Solomon Islands Tertiary Education and Skills Authority (SITESA), Ministry of Education has announced that scholarship application for next year is now open. In a public announcement yesterday SITESA said it now welcomes and invite applications from Solomon Islands citizens only for Scholarship Awards that will be made available…
Two others seriously injured from knife wound ONE person is dead and two others are badly injured following a fight fueled by a ‘love affair’ case in Arosi, Makira Ulawa Province, Monday. Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Kirakira yesterday confirmed the incident. An officer told the Solomon Star in an interview late yesterday…
HENDERSON Eels FC’s top striker, Raphael Lea’I is back in the race for the Telekom S-league (TSL) Golden Boot Race after missing more than 10 matches due to his commitment with the country’s national futsal team’s World Cup campaign. Raphael Lea’i marked his return with two goals after recovering from a fractured arm sustained during…
Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Facebook launch new social media campaign to celebrate and showcase local businesses Through a partnership between Meta (formerly Facebook) and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), a new social media campaign has been launched yesterday Monday 15 November to promote local businesses in the…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the 2023 Pacific Games Village project as a ‘5 wins project’. Speaking during the signing of the Implementation Agreement of the Solomon Islands National University Dormitory project on Friday last week, the Prime Minister said the project is a ‘Win-Win-Win-Win-Win’ project. “This is a 5-win project – a Win…