Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Auki Police Station have confiscated kwaso products in communities in the West Fataleka region in Malaita Province during a joint operation on 31 December 2020. Police raided kwaso outlets at Gounatafu, Boboilangi, Fauabu, and Bend road in West Fataleka and have confiscated kwaso products,…
AN angry applicant has fired this year’s first salvo in the war of words over the disbursement of the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP), describing the $320 million give-away as a “scam.” “It is nothing more than a scam,” Community leader Charles Karaori told Solomon Star, Sunday. Mr. Karaori, who missed out on funding support he…
A Total of 133 Solomon Islands students studying in various universities in the Philippines are now graduated from the quarantine station before this New Year’s Eve. These are the group of students who came on the Second repatriation flight which was on the 9th of December. According to the quarantine management, these students have been…
GIZO Police in Western Province is now hunting for a group of suspects following strings of burglary incidents that occurred early Wednesday morning. The incident involved a number of masked men who broke into three buildings within hours – a shop and two offices in Gizo. The incident occurred between 1 and 4 am early yesterday morning.…
Under-budgeting blamed for delays in timely delivery of exam UNDER BUDGETING by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) this year has been blamed for the delay in delivering national exam papers so Form 3 students at Anuta and Tikopia could sit their tests on time. This was revealed by Mr. Steven…
THE Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Dr. Franco Rodie, and his deputy, James Bosamata, have contradicted each other over alleged cheating in national exams this year. A MEHRD preliminary report indicated that cheating and leakage of exam papers prior to the recent exams had taken place during…
FOR the first time in the history of Green Valley Community in East Honiara, the community was able to come together and successfully celebrated a historic Christmas celebration last week. It was dubbed as ‘peaceful and enjoyable.’ Green Valley was known to many people in Honiara as one of the notorious areas in the capital…
A Quarantine Camp Management officer was allegedly “drunk” when he turned up to deliver breakfast at the Cheng Quarantine station last week, nationals at the station have claimed. They said this happened last Tuesday morning. They said the officer was delivering pre-cooked breakfast at their quarantine station. “The officer was obviously drunk as there…
THE proposed flight for the 7 February 2021 is purposely to bring in people from high-risk countries. This was confirmed by the Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. Jimmie Rogers during Sunday’s talk-back show over the national broadcaster. Dr. Rogers said the original list of countries that our citizens and other foreigners will come from is…
OCEANIA has one direct entry and a playoff spot for the upcoming 2023 Women’s World Cup. This was confirmed through a statement released on Christmas eve by the international governing body of football, FIFA. The statement confirms that the countries in Oceania will get one direct spot and one playoff spot for the expanded women’s…