Man beaten up, handed over to the Gizo Police for spying on girls and stealing ladies’ underwear in village outside the Western Provincial capital A MAN was beaten up and handed over to the Gizo Police Station for spying on girls and stealing ladies’ under wear at Titiana village, outside the Western Provincial capital, Gizo.…
Ex-Police Officers who served at the western border during the civil unrest are warning the gov’t that their patience is wearing thin over their delayed payment EX-POLICE officers who served along the sea border between Solomon Islands and Bougainville during the civil unrest 23 years ago have warned their patience is wearing thin. They are…
THE Malaita Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent Leslie Kili, has called for calm amongst relatives of the deceased following the double murder incident in East Fataleka on Monday. Speaking to Solomon Star Auki, PPC Kili urged the relatives of the deceased not to take the law into their own hands as the case is now…
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) has injected a SB$5 million budgetary support to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) to boost the National Broadcasters services locally and abroad. This is an increase of SB$4 million dollars from the annual subvention grant of SB$1 million every year. The increase was drawn under…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has praised the Office of the Auditor General (AOG) following the release of the report on the audit of COVID-19 funds. The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has recently released the Audit Report that contains serious financial mismanagement of COVID 19 funds by the National Disaster Management Office…
HE was born and raised at Vonunu, on Vella, Western Province more than 80 years ago and was given a local name. And because of that, this English man holds the place dearly to his heart and called the place a home. Meet Kiko Rutter, 83, who was born around the 1940s when the World War…
One More Shot (OMS) has officially handed over $26,091.50 to the parents of Rosemary Leah Kelesi at their Kaibia home last Saturday following a week-long public photography campaign. This was the total sum of proceeds over the campaign period. Rosemary Leah Kelesi is a 13-year-old girl with a brain tumour. This condition has given her…
POLICE in Malaita Province have arrested a male suspect in his 20s for a double murder incident that took place at the Manu area in East Fataleka, Malaita Province, this week. The double murder took place on Monday at around 6pm when the suspect from Aisimae village used a bush knife to kill two brothers…
CLASSES at Gizo Primary School in the Western Province resumed on Monday after two days of suspension last week due to issues affecting the school’s sewage system. The school administration was forced to take the action to allow plumbers fix the problem which rendered the ablution block unusable. All students have been advised last Wednesday…
A MAN accused of threatening a Solomon Water officer who went to disconnect his water metre last October in West Honiara will appear again in court on March 7. This is for the setting of the trial dates to hear evidences. Walter Natei, 55, is facing one count of intimidation, of which, he already pleaded…