A CONSULTATION on the Kava Regional Development Strategy 2024-2028 and presentation of a scoping study on developing a kava-based pharmaceutical/nutraceutical industry in the Pacific was held in Honiara last Wednesday. The consultation was facilitated by a team from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and included participation from Senior government officials and private sector representatives.…
Dear Editor, Pierre Belliard and Christophe Hélis, aged respectively 37 and 48 years old, are fathers of 6 children aged from 4 to 14 years old, and they have been lost at sea since Sunday, October 1st off the coast of Wallis Island, a French territory. They reported their position: 13°11.72S 176°18.30W, by radio transmitter…
Electoral Act breach sentence, Oct 27 SENTENCE for the candidate of the 2019 National General Election (NGE) who breached the Electoral Act will be delivered on October 27. This followed the sentencing submissions and mitigation made on the matter of the defendant Mathew Taro on Friday last week. Taro was convicted after a trial for…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has called on the Minister of Lands & Housing Hon Ishmael Avui to issue a public apology and resign from his portfolio. Failing which, Hon Wale said the Prime Minister should immediately remove Minister Avui from Cabinet. The call comes after a leaked audio recording of the Lands Minister…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP delivered keynote address as the Chief guest where he encouraged women to live their Christian faith through Christ-like action at a gathering of the City Women Connection(CWC), marking the local organization’s 10th Anniversary at the St .Barnabas Hall, Honiara, over the weekend. The ceremony organized by the City Women…
MINISTER for Lands, Housing and Survey Ishmael Avui has arrived in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Sunday for the Eight Asia-Pacific Urban Forum. For the past three decades, the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum has played a pivotal role in convening the region’s premier multi-stakeholder forum on sustainable urban development. The 8th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-8) which commences…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale says Solomon Islands need a future where investors are attracted by cheap and reliable electricity. Speaking in Parliament during his debate speech on the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2023, he said substantive steps must be taken to address the structural deficiencies in the energy sector and position it for the…
CEO Anisi urges prioritsation of the Honiara City Council and Provincial Assembly Election Bill and the Electoral Amendment Bill, highlights their importance to ensuring the effective implementation of the synchronised 2024 NGE THE Solomon Islands Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Jasper Highwood Anisi has called on the government to prioritise two important bills before the current…
Overnight Australia has facilitated a further departure of 14 Solomon Islands nationals to leave Israel from Tel Aviv. The group will connect with flights to Australia for the remainder of their journey. The 14 Solomon Islanders are the last to depart of a 79-member delegation that had travelled to Israel prior to the Hamas attacks.…
Dear Editor, I acknowledge receipt of $70,000 paid to me by your newspaper, as ordered by the High Court in Civil Case number 28 of 2022. This case arose because the Solomon Star published ill-considered articles written by your journalist Alfred Sasako about me, which the Court found to be defamatory and the Court found…