After successfully completing their three COVID19 tests and 14 days quarantine in good health, the 17 Chinese nationals visited the National Hosting Authority (NHA) last week. This was to have a meeting with NHA Executive Director, NHA Project Management Unit (PMU) Coordinator, NHA Financial Controller, and a PG2023 Sub-Committee rep, a statement from NHA Media…
Solomon Islands Electricity Authority trading as Solomon Power Ltd has contributed 1 million dollars towards the ‘Bringing Our Students Home Project.’ In his opening remarks during the brief handover at the Ministry of Finance and Treasury on Tuesday, Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. Jimmie Rodgers thanked Solomon Power for contributing towards bringing our students from the Philippines home…
Sending money home to friends and family in the Solomon Islands will be cheaper for ANZ customers from Monday after ANZ announced the temporary waiver of its $7 international money transfer fee for online foreign currency payments made from Australia and New Zealand into ten Pacific countries. ANZ customers in Australia and New Zealand…
North-West Guadalcanal Development Association (NWGDA) last Friday had successfully held its Covid-19 training at Pisei meeting area in North West Guadalcanal. Guadalcanal Province Manager for Covid-19 Dr. Angela Tahani and Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Health Promotion Acting Director Anne Toncan Eli facilitated the one-day training for NWGDA villages’ representatives and coordinators. During the…
THE number of people involved in healthy sporting activities in Gizo, Western Province has visibly risen over the last month or so and is a good thing to see says Gizo resident Kisina Obed. Obed said this in approval and encouraged members of the youth in all communities to take up such practices especially…
The Solomon Islands Government continues to work on sorting out expired Visas of students studying in the Philippines. This is according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, MP during his weekly National Address. According to the Prime Minister, out of the 161 students that had problems with their Student Visas last week, 73 of them had…
ST Bishop Patterson Chapel at Koa Hill under the Diocese of Central Melanesia unveils its new chapel on Sunday with an exciting whole day event. The unveiling of the chapel goes along with the celebration of St Bishop Patteson Day of Koa Hill which also falls on the same day. Arch Bishop the Most Rev.…
Opportunists are back on the roads in Malaita Province demanding money for patching affecting areas along the North Road. This came following a heavy downpour felt in the province lately. Transport providers along the North Road told Solomon Star Auki that they hardly make a profit from their daily runs because of the high demand…
THE Camp Management Sector Management assures the country that the camp team will always do what it has mandated to do to contain any possible Covid-19 cases in the country. The sentiment was echoed by the Camp Management Sector Management Chair Karl Kuper in his response to a question asked during the weekly radio talk-back…
A MAN who lied to four people and stole more than $21,000 from them early this year in Honiara has been sentenced to a total of four and a half years in prison, Monday. Danny Lapa was also ordered to make full repayments of $21,400 to his four victims 28 days after his release from…