Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Friday conveyed his Easter Greetings to the Nation, with a special thought for the sick in hospitals and frontline workers throughout the country. In his broadcast message which began on Good Friday, Sogavare applauded all Solomon Islanders at home and abroad on the festivity of this year’s Eastertide. The Prime…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Island Police (RSIPF) at Atori Police Station in Malaita Province attended and witnessed a compensation settlement held at Ato village in Baegu Asifola. Three young men were currently serving life imprisonment sentences for that matter. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province Inspector Charles Edward Koto says the compensation was…
CHRISTIANS in Malaita Province have joined the rest of the country and the world in celebrating the 2022 Easter Good Friday with religious activities. Reports reaching Solomon Star Auki from the four regions of Malaita have confirmed. Despite the covid-19 situation in the province, people have congregated in numbers in their respective churches to observe…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale has urged provincial government’s to stand up for national interest and not to be pulled by the nose because of foreign interests. Hon Wale made the statement following the leaked letter from a Chinese company AVIC –INTL PROJECT ENGINEERING COMPANY dated 29th September 2020 to former Isabel premier Leslie Kikolo…
COVID-19 test results this week indicates an increase in the number of COVID-19 positive cases mainly detected for both domestic arrivals from the provinces and pre-departures and testing at Honiara clinics. This was highlighted by Health Minister Hon. Dr Culwick Togamana in his national address, Thursday night. “For the domestic arrival and pre-departure screening at…
THE Government in responding to a media statement on 11 April expressed with regret the irresponsible and inflammatory comments made by the Leader of Opposition at the Prime Minister suggesting that the Security Cooperation with China is a private arrangement to protect the Prime Minister. The Government on Wednesday clarified that any bilateral Framework Agreement…
TEACHERS who continue to disobey the government’s “No Jab, No Job Policy” are self-terminating themselves from their employment. This was the statement of Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) deputy secretary James Bosamata during a press conference at Mendana Hotel on Wednesday. Mr Bosamata said the vaccination of teachers and students between ages…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police (RSIPF) at Atori Police Station in Malaita Province attended and witnessed a compensation settlement held at Ato village in Baegu Asifola. Three young men were currently serving life imprisonment sentences for that matter. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province Inspector Charles Edward Koto says the compensation was…
The request by the Chinese Embassy in Honiara to the Solomon Islands Government to allow diplomatic Chinese security personnel to protect the Embassy during the November 2021 riots was considered and held in abeyance by the Government. The Government made this clarification in relation to so-called leaked documents circulating on social media that relayed correspondences…
THE Makira Ulawa Province Health Authority is currently investigating local contractors who were engaged in the construction of Taheramo Maternity Clinic in North Ulawa. Director of the Provincial Health Authority John Harara told Solomon Star that the clinic project is incomplete after local contractors walked away from the project taking with them the project materials.…