Man to know fate over fraud voter’s registration, Nov 23 THE man accused of registering in several constituencies using different names in 2018 to vote at the last National General Election will know his fate on November 26. Alif Vai’s matter was listed for yesterday for the judgment. However, Principal Magistrate Felix Hollison who had…
The National Scholarship Division (NSD) at the Solomon Islands Tertiary Education and Skills Authority (SITESA), Ministry of Education has announced that scholarship application for next year is now open. In a public announcement yesterday SITESA said it now welcomes and invite applications from Solomon Islands citizens only for Scholarship Awards that will be made available…
Two others seriously injured from knife wound ONE person is dead and two others are badly injured following a fight fueled by a ‘love affair’ case in Arosi, Makira Ulawa Province, Monday. Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Kirakira yesterday confirmed the incident. An officer told the Solomon Star in an interview late yesterday…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the 2023 Pacific Games Village project as a ‘5 wins project’. Speaking during the signing of the Implementation Agreement of the Solomon Islands National University Dormitory project on Friday last week, the Prime Minister said the project is a ‘Win-Win-Win-Win-Win’ project. “This is a 5-win project – a Win…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has condemn last week’s newspaper report of a young girl in Malaita province who claimed to have her arm turned magnetic attracting android phone and other metal objects after getting her first COVID-19 vaccine jab. In a statement yesterday, the ministry said the media report is not…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has expressed his dismay at what he described as the near collapse of respect for authority and for each other in our country today. The Prime Minister highlighted in his speech during the Tenakoga Form 6 graduation on Sunday. He said it is shocking to note that the social media and…
THREE (3) top doctors at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) still refuses to get the Covid-19 vaccine to date. Speaking during the Covid-19 radio talk-back show yesterday, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Medical Services Pauline McNeil when responding to a question asked about the stand of 17 doctors who refused to get…
The people of Guadalcanal are no longer silent about the long delay in tabling the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report in parliament. The Guadalcanal Provincial Government (GPG) and its people came up with nine resolutions in total in their recent Guadalcanal Leaders’ Forum with resolution number seven specifically calling on the government of the…
CHILDREN from 12-years old and above in Honiara and Guadalcanal will be the first to get the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine that will arrive tomorrow. Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD), James Bosamata said Honiara followed by the Guadalcanal will be the first to get the vaccine, thus, he calls…
EIGHTEEN Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) within the Western Provincial Assembly who boycotted the September Full Assembly Meeting for days are being asked to refund the allowances they receive prior to the meeting. Failure to do so will result in false pretense charges being laid against them. This followed revelations the 18 MPAs actually…