MEMBERS of the general public are being warned to carefully inspect goods that will be on crazy sale in the coming days as the festive season is closing in. The Solomon Star was informed by a concerned Honiara citizen Samson Kakadi that, it is this time of the year that most shops will want to…
THE Our Telekom Munda Christmas carol competition is progressing very well in Lambete, Munda Western Province. On Tuesday night there were 10 groups that participated in the elimination round. A statement from the organizers (Our Telekom) said at the end of the elimination “Medical Needles” of Lale was pronounced the winner and its runner up…
The last intake of participants for this year’s Youth@Work 0Young Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) has graduated on Friday after a two-week intensive training on starting your own business (SYOB), a course run in tandem with the International Labour Organization (ILO) who have provided extensive TOT to the Youth@Work youth-led staff this year. The 22 graduates received…
VARIOUS Early Childhood Education (ECE) centres within Honiara and Guadalcanal have closed the 2015 academic year with prize presentations and feasting yesterday. A visit within the Honiara town boundary has seen many kindergarten students and their teachers who ended the year’s program with joy. Some of the Schools that had their closing ceremonies yesterday were,…
INTERNATIONAL multi-platinum artist and United Kingdom R&B Sensation Craig David has arrived in Honiara yesterday ahead of the grand opening of the Coral Sea Resort and Casino this weekend. The Solomon Star understands that, he will be the headline on both launch events performing his world-re-owned TS5 show. On arrival at the Henderson terminal, he…
Three more cases recorded this year, official total now stands at 28 SOLOMON ISLANDS has officially recorded three new HIV cases this year, one female and two males. The three new cases of HIV was announced by the under secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Dr Chris Becha during the launching of…
PRIME MINISTER Manasseh Sogavare has vowed to clash head-on with the parliamentary opposition on the floor of parliament. Prime Minister Sogavare says he is reserving his counter response to all the allegations the parliamentary opposition group have levelled against him until parliament resumes its meeting this week. In an exclusive interview with Solomon Star, Mr…
“In Solomon Islands we lose one precious mother every three weeks due to complications with pregnancy or child birth and on average six infants die each week”. This was stated by the Coordinator of the UN Joint Programme support to Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Ms. Mary McCabe during her official remarks during…
Search for the three armed men with ski-masks who took off with more than $200,000 after raiding BSP bank Auki intensifies whilst lead behind their escape route is made known. A police source said the masked men made their way into the bush after their getaway car tyre punctured. They were last seen at Gwouno’a…
THE Bmobile-Vodafone will launch its ‘Be a winner Christmas shopping spree’ today in Honiara. For three consecutive Saturdays customers will have a chance of winning shopping vouchers to the value of $5,000. Bmobile- Vodafone Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Niall Downey yesterday said all the customers have to do to enter the weekly draw is subscribe…