Dragon fruits have emerged as one of the most expensive fruits in the Honiara Central Market, with prices ranging from $30 to $80 per fruit. Customers are spending $30 to $80 to pay one dragon fruit at the Honiara Central Market. A long time vendor, Ben Pige, pictured below, told the Solomon Star the high…
THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) plans to replace the old, decommissioned wharf in Auki with a new, modern facility. Malaita Premier Elijah Asilaua announced the plan during the opening of the 2025/2026 original budget meeting this week. Mr. Asilaua said consultations are currently underway with resource owners, the Solomon Islands Ports Authority, and the national…
MEMBERS of the Tupapa Maraerenga Football Club (FC) from Cook Islands are heading to Honiara. The players departed Rarotonga yesterday bound for Solomon Islands. The players are expected to arrive mid this week ahead of the start of the OFC Men’s Championship League 2025 this coming weekend. In a statement yesterday the Cook Islands Football…
Twenty senior (20) officials from 11 Solomon Islands Government organisations have visited Brisbane for the mini-Master of Business Administration (MBA) training at the Australian Institute of Management. The program provided the opportunity to enhance their management and strategy skills as public sector leaders. Australia’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Rod Hilton, said Australia…
A YOUNG man in his 20s tragically lost his life after drowning in the waters off Titiana village on Sunday afternoon. The deceased is from Nukunau village, which is situated at the far end of Titiana on the outskirts of Gizo, the Western Provincial Capital. The incident occurred between 3pm and 4pm when a group…
World Bank has provided an additional US$51.2 million [SBD385M) to the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) for the second phase of Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2). This was confirmed by SIRAP Office in a statement issued on Tuesday. “The Solomon Islands Government has officially received from the World Bank the Declaration of Effectiveness for…
THE Solomon Island Honey Cooperative Society has been revived to promote the honey industry in the country, following its collapse during the ethnic tensions of 2000. This revival follows the election of a new Board last year and the Society’s official registration with the Company Haus under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration.…
THE China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) will upgrade the Auki Road network in Malaita Province with asphalt concrete mix and not tar. Malaita Premier Elijah Asilaua confirmed this in his 2025/2026 Budget Speech in the Malaita Provincial Assembly in Auki on Monday. He said asphalt concrete is more resistant to water infiltration and therefore…
PEOPLE living in Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) is one of the Malaita Province’s priorities to resettle them in Auki due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. Premier Elijah Asilaua confirmed this during his 2025/2026 budget speech in the Assembly Meeting in Auki on Monday. He said, a potential relocation plan is being discussed…
The Solomon Islands Government (SIG) has been slow in implementing the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the Tobacco Control Act. This is despite the country becoming a party to the WHO FCTC in 2004 and enacting the Act in 2010. WHO FCTC Article 5.3 obligates member countries to protect…