The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has refuted claim by Alfred Sasako implicating the Ministry have benefited from Winrock International funding to incorporate LGBTQ-related policies into the Education Act 2023. Sasako, in an article titled “Sasako Calls for Audit of Winrock International Funding” published in Solomon Star on February 12, 2025, implicates…
THE decision to acquire King Solomon Hotel by the Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) Board and Management was described as a ‘wise one’ that would generate higher returns for SINPF members. The Finance and Treasury Minister Manasseh Sogavare highlighted this on Friday at the official handing over of King Solomon Hotel ownership from its…
PRIME Minister Jeremiah Manele believes in the power of collaborative efforts to drive national development and thereby emphasised that the national government and development partners cannot achieve development progress in the nation alone. He made these remarks at the handover ceremony of the Rainwater Drinking Facility Project for Lilika Community High School (CHS) in Isabel…
Sobiro Clinic in Marovo has received critical solar lighting through the Solomon Islands – Australia Community Partnerships – enabling them to provide cold storage of essential vaccines and preventing women having to give birth by torch light. Solomon Islands – Australia Community Partnerships support community-led projects that improve living standards. Sobiro Clinic, which was built by Australia in…
GHANAIAN Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, the Founder and Presiding Bishop of the United Denominations originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches, arrived in the country on Monday. Hundreds welcomed him at the Honiara International Airport as he arrived with the message that ‘’Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever.” Based in Accra, Ghana,…
SUPPORTING documents to complete a full audit into the 2023 Pacific Games expenditures have reportedly gone missing and may have been destroyed, sources have revealed. These documents include receipts, authorisation of payments, who received the payments and so on. “These documents are crucial to the investigation and their disappearance could distort a full and balanced…
Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele has expressed his gratitude to Japan for its continuous assistance to the Solomon Islands. PM Manele made this acknowledgment as he extended heartfelt congratulations to His Majesty Emperor Naruhito of Japan on the occasion of his 65th birthday. He wished the Emperor continued good health, divine blessings, and a prosperous…
A trial of two females accused of attempting to smuggle marijuana out of the country onto a flight to Kiribati in 2019, has been completed in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court. Etekia Kauai and Beatrice Umea are facing the charge of Attempting to Export a Dangerous Drug, Indian Hemp. The hearing of evidences into this case…
THE Government appears to have clamped down on its $140 million acquisition plan for prime land jointly owned by Levers Solomon Ltd [LSL] and Russell Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL). The two entities – LSL and RIPEL – own an estimated 2, 050 hectares of land on Guadalcanal and Russell Islands in Central Islands Province,…
The new owners of King Solomon Hotel have assured that all 69 former employees will retain their jobs as the hotel embarks on a new journey in the country’s tourism sector. This follows concerns raised by the Workers Union Solomon Islands (WUSI), which had expressed disappointment that 46 former employees were issued redundancy or retirement…