SOLOMON Islands estimated 400,000 registered voters will go to the poll on Wednesday 17th April this year, according to insiders. The date was approved by a recent meeting of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission [SIEC], it was confirmed yesterday. According to the timetable for electioneering activities, believed to have been sent to Government House, the…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has denied receiving any complaint from a woman against a Papua New Guinea diplomat in Solomon Islands. RSIPF Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau said the Post-Courier report which stated that Solomon Islands Police had received several complaints against the diplomat for sexual harassment and assault “are not true”. The…
EIGHT final year medical students from Bond University, Australia, are currently in the country for a six week clinical placement. A statement from the Australian High Commission Office early this week said the students and their supervisor spent the first 10 days at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in Honiara before traveling to the Western…
East Choiseul Constituency is executing its development plans to the letters of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Act, thanks to the visionary leadership of its out- going Member of Parliament and care- taker Prime Minister, Manasseh Damukana Sogavare. In the recent custom ceremony at Pangoe during which the care- taker Prime Minister was presented the…
THE man who was accused of forcing a boy and a girl to have sex and taking a video of them has pleaded guilty to the offence, Wednesday. Charles Manaba entered guilty pleas to two counts of Compelled Sexual Intercourse contrary to section 136G (a) (b) Sexual Amendment Act 2016. Having heard Manaba’s guilty plea,…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) officers are currently undergoing an Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) training with an UXO team from Japan. This training is made possible through the Japan and Solomon Islands Cooperation on Unexploded Ordinance disposal. The UXO training, convened at the RSIPF EOD facility at Hells Point on…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has announced that eight containers of medication, mostly fluids, have been cleared from the wharf and are being mobilized from the wharf in preparation for distribution to health facilities, including the National Referral Hospital (NRH). The confirmation follows reports on both print and social media questioning MHMS…
AN Aoke-Langalanga constituent Gary Toba has condemned the outgoing Member of Parliament for Aoke-Langa Langa Constituency and former Opposition Leader Mathew Wale for bribing people in the constituency. Mr Toba said he was sick and tired of Wale’s bribing tactics and wants them exposed. He said Wale was not a true leader because he only…
AS the financial dilemma facing the country deepens, the National Referral Hospital in Honiara and health facilities nationwide are severely affected by an acute shortage of essential drugs. Reports reaching Solomon Star claim drugs and IV fluid that can help in treating those experiencing food poisoning are out of stock at NRH. A medical staff…
A TOTAL of 53 Law Enforcement Officers of the Honiara City Council (HCC) are undergoing a three-week training facilitated by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Rove Police Academy in Honiara. The training commenced on Monday and the 53 officers are the second intake of HCC recruits to undergo training at the…