THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has bid farewell to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) advisor, Colonel Justin Bywater. Senior members of the RSIPF executive and the RSIPF & AFP Policing Partnership Programme (RAPPP) gathered at a brief ceremony at the Rove RSIPF headquarter on 9 January 2025 to farewell Colonel Bywater. Colonel Bywater…
FORMER Solomon Islands national footballer Michael Fifi embraces his new career in coaching leading the Matamata Swifts FC in their 2025 season. The former Team Wellington flamboyant winger has now graced his new career as a coach in charge of the Matamata Swifts FC in the Northen NRFL conference. In an exclusive interview with AW…
THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has announced the commencement dates for the three major leagues in Honiara this year. These are the Super Football league (SFL), formerly known as Telekom Super League (TSL), SIFF Super Futsal League (SSFL) and the Solrais Women’s Premier League (SWPL). The SIFF Competition Department confirmed in a statement earlier…
LILACH Panda has broken all odds to be the first Ughele female referee who has undertaken a refereeing course at the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Academy and made refereeing her career job. Under her refereeing belt, she officiated football matches in the Solrais Women’s Super League in Honiara and the Kenwood Harry’s Cup recently…
PARTS of the Malaita Province’s Auki-Atori Road remains in atrocious conditions after emergency repair funding of $6 million was reportedly approved for the task last month. Up to last year, this section of the road was contracted to the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Malaita. Transport fare rose to $300 per passenger each way.…
THE Member of Parliament for North West (NW) Guadalcanal, Francis Sade has taken the initiative to address the longstanding issue of road maintenance in the region, which has plagued constituents for over eight years. The poorly maintained roads have significantly impacted local farmers and vehicle owners, making transportation and access to markets exceedingly difficult. Recently,…
MANY families are raising serious concerns about delays in medical examinations for critically ill patients, which they say sometimes results in patients being sent home and eventually succumb to their condition, whilst patients held up by doctors for further examinations ended up dying in the wait. This situation not only causes grief, but places a…
THE country’s fourth Governor General (GG), a former Premier of Temotu Province and ordained Anglican priest Sir Father John Inilapli has passed on. The demise of Sir John was announced in a death notice from the Governor-General Reverend David Tiva Kapu over the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC). “From the Office of the Governor-General to…
THE rhinoceros beetles have reached big villages in Rendova Island, sparking fear of total destruction to coconut plantations in the near future. In the Christmas and New Year festive season, Solomon Star made observations of rhinoceros beetles on coconut trees at Ughele village in South Rendova in the Western Province. From the observation, Solomon Star…
THE Malaita Provincial Assembly has passed the Malaita Provincial Government’s (MPG’s) revised budget for the remaining part of the 2024/2025 financial year, which is worth SBD 34,330,635. The budget was approved by the Malaita Provincial Assembly in their budget meeting last Wednesday. With the passage of the revised budget, MPG will continue delivering services to…