THE word “Wantok” is Pijin for “one talk”, or “somebody who speaks my language”. It has been adapted more broadly by Australia’s South Sea Islander community to mean “welcome” or “a gathering”. About 62,000 islanders from Vanuatu, the Solomons and numerous other Pacific islands were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and brought to Australia from 1847 to…
THE China Town police post will re-open Friday next week. The post, located at the same spot near the Mataniko clinic, takes up the front section of the Honiara City Council’s newly built dental clinic. Assistance police commissioner Gabriel Manelusi said the post has been equipped and is ready to be occupied by officers. Mr…
AGRICULTURE officers working in Auki have moved to a new office block after their office was burn to the ground last week. Chief agriculture officer in Auki John Faleka said the move was to ensure officers continue to carry out their work while waiting for a new office building. “There were already plans to erect…
IN six months time, Malaita’s new executive will commence plans to attract and engage investors. Malaita premier Peter Ramohia told the Solomon Star office in Auki, the potential of the province was never utulised. “During my meeting with the Prime Minister this week, we discussed the fact that social problems the country face can be…
THE City by-law on street vending of betel-nut and cigarette seem to not adhere to despite stringent measure carried out by the Honiara City Council Law Enforcement Division. Street vendors were seen at various street corners whenever law enforcers were not around. Many have ended up in court and were fined, but the practice of…
TWO officials at the National Training Unit (NTU) have been suspended last November after their fraudulent dealings with students studying at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) were uncovered. They reportedly forged the signature of the permanent secretary on award letters they supplied to students on the premise the students will be sponsored by the…
A GIRL whose skeletal remains were found by students on a picnic trip in the upper Mataniko area in 2012 was killed on the Tuvaruhu hill top, the High Court heard on Wednesday. Flora Akwai’s boyfriend allegedly stabbed her with a knife, knocked her head with a stone, before rolling the body down the hill.…
THE leader of the Parliamentary Independent Group, Manasseh Maelanga, has called on the government to give due respect to post holders established under the national constitution. Mr Maelanga made the call in light of the recent appointments of political appointees by the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) government. He said the appointments of the political…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the Opposition Leader’s statement calling on him to justify an unconfirmed list of political appointees of his Democratic Coalition for Change Government as “unethical”. Mr Sogavare said he is stunned that the former diplomat and permanent secretary had seen it proper to render his criticism against the government on…
POLICE are urged to immediately dispatch a team to Rennell Island to investigate allegation of harassment perpetuated by Bingtang Mining Group, whose prospecting licence was recently revoked by the Mining Board and the Minister responsible for Mines. A villager Malcolm Sau at the mining site at Lavaku Bay has described the situation as tense; as…