Non-Malaita-based Malaitans who travelled back to Malaita to register for the upcoming National General Elections (NGE) have been shocked by the reality of the poor road condition here. In the past week, sitting candidates and intending candidates for the 2014 NGE shipped their supporters to Auki to travel on to their respective constituencies to register. …
AS the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise progresses nationwide, more and more voters are heading back to the provinces to get themselves registered for the first-ever synchronised 2024 National General Election (NGE). Since the BVR started on Monday last week, a growing number of citizens are embarking on boat journeys back to their home constituencies…
NATIONAL unity is crucial in addressing the pressing issues of corruption and climate change in Solomon Islands. This was highlighted in the winning speech of the Intermediate Category of the 2023 National Oratory Contest in Honiara last Friday. The intermediate category saw the participation of nine contestants and Ellen Soni, a Form Three student of…
Malaita Premier Martin Fini last week applauded a partnership initiative between the National Government and Landowning tribes of Auluta basin in East Malaita to develop commercial rice farming in the area. Landowning owning tribes including Abukwaiara, Gwaibau’ula and Ambu tribes in the Auluta basin region offered their lands for sustainable development projects after a previous…
WORK is currently underway for the transfer of about1000 plots of land in the Western Province that are currently under the custodian of the Commissioner of Lands to the Premier of the Western Provincial Government. That’s according to the Western Province Premier Billy Veo in an interview with Solomon Star recently. “Work on fulfilling this…
THE new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative to Solomon Islands Munkhtuya (Tuya) Altangerel formally presented her Letter of Credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) Jeremiah Manele in Honiara last Friday – 8 September. The UNDP Resident Representative is based at the UNDP Multi-Country Pacific Office (MCPO) in Fiji.…
DIGITAL Forensic Operators of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have had the opportunity to learn valuable skills from a visiting Australian Federal Police (AFP) Digital Forensic expert. Chris Andrews used his short visit to the country to share his wealth of experience and knowledge in digital forensics with RSIPF Digital Forensic Operators within…
Gov’t condemns criminal attack on naturalised Solomon Islands family in the strongest terms THE national government has strongly condemned an attack on a naturalised Solomon Islands family by some criminals last week. Police report confirmed, the armed robbery incident occurred on Thursday 7 September between 2am and 3am at Panatina in East Honiara. The report…
Republic of India is pledging more assistance to the government and people of Solomon Islands; made in an assurance uttered to the Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP through India’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Shri Inbasekar Sunaramuthi. In a courtesy call today to the Prime Minister, H.E Shri Inbasejar Sunaramuthi said India…
THE final combined thanksgiving service in the lead up to the 2023 Pacific Games was held yesterday afternoon at the Saint Barnabas Cathedral. Esteemed dignitaries, including the Governor General Sir David Vunagi, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Speaker of the National Parliament Sir John Patteson Oti, Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer, Cabinet Ministers and Members of…