BUSINESSES who do not meet health requirements set by the Honiara City Council (HCC) will be forced to shut down. Ben Abana of the HCC’s Health Inspection team revealed this on Monday. He said that so far several businesses, mostly shops and mini restaurants (Kai bars) have been given letters to improve their drainages, septics…
RNZI: The police in Kiribati have launched an investigation into the theft of more than US$1.1 million through what the government is calling cyber crime. The Minister of Commerce Pinto Katia has told parliament that the missing money has been stolen and there was nothing they could do to avoid such theft as it involved…
Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) will this week conduct an official ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new Malaita province tourism office in Auki. The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary (PS) John Wasi told the Solomon Star on Monday that the ceremony will take place sometime this week. Once the weather improves, a delegation will…
SOLOMON Islands has witnessed another historical launch of a new political party last Sunday afternoon in Honiara. Called Solomon Islands People First Party (SIPFP), it preached its ideology of putting Solomon islanders first and leaves no one behind. Party President Rt Reverend Bishop Jonnie L Kuper, said SIPFP believes the country does not achieve its…
Former Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) secretary general and now interim leader of Solomon Islands People First Party(SIPFP) Dr Jimmy Rodgers has challenged all Solomon Islanders to answer what kind of a country they want to see for them, their children and their children’s children. Dr Rodgers said people of this country must try…
THE first lot of Solomon Islands People First Party (SIPFP) members have signed their integrity pledge before Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) and other civil society groups on Sunday. The event signifies the party’s pledge to eradicate and stop corruption practices in their campaign and also if they hold power in parliament. Speaking before putting their…
An intending candidate in this year’s national general election has called for Constituency polling booths to be set up in Honiara. In a statement last night Mr Sasako said the majority of voters who registered to vote in the Constituency could miss out altogether. He made the call in light of the financial difficulties being…
Kolosori trustee Chief Elliot Cortez from Isabel Province has voiced his disappointment that Sumitomo applied for and was granted a temporary injunction stopping them from re-starting nickel prospecting activities on Kolosori land in Isabel Province, just days after the High Court validated their company Axiom KB’s prospecting and land rights. In a statement yesterday Mr…
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission says it will officially receive its completed voter’s registration list today. The Commission’s media unit has confirmed that the country’s first biometric voters list was completed last week. The new system was introduced to try to eliminate multiple registrations and ghost voting as seen in previous elections. The Electoral Commission…
A MAN is dead after being hit by a passing vehicle over the weekend. Reports reaching the paper said the hit and run incident occurred on Saturday night around 7pm while the deceased was attempting to cross the main road from the Carpenters Hardware area, Ranadi, East Honiara. The deceased is believed to be from…