LOOTING and destruction of properties continued for the third day running in Honiara as rioters apply pressure on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to resign. They are also demanding the resignation of Attorney General John Muria jnr. and Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau. In their latest act of defiance, the leaf house used by police providing security…
AS looting and burning of Honiara continues unabated for the second day running, there are suggestions the Government could invoke provisions of a bilateral security treaty Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed with Australia in 2017. Neither the Australian High Commission in Honiara nor the Office of the Prime Minister could be reached for comments yesterday.…
Premier of Malaita Province, the most populous province of the country has joined the Leader of Opposition and others to call on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to immediately step down as Prime Minister to allow a new leader who has the confidence of the people to lead the country. This follows the recent call by…
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has called on the Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare to immediately resign. “I call on the Prime Minister to do the right thing and resign’. He added that, ‘given the current situation the honourable thing to do is to resign”. Hon. Wale pointed to yesterday’s protest and current…
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM), the Most Revd. Leonard Dawea, is calling on all members of the ACOM in Honiara and throughout the country to refrain from participating in illegal activities including the wanton destruction of property and looting of businesses. The Archbishop is very concerned about the destruction of both…
HONIARA City was last night facing a night of terror as protestors vented their anger, demanding Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to resign immediately. In a day which slowly turned violent, one female police officer was injured, a leaf hut next to Parliament House was torched, along with the Kukum Traffic Police Station. Shops at the…
The Premier of Guadalcanal, Hon. Francis Sade, has strongly call on all people of Guadalcanal living in Honiara to refrain from any unlawful behaviors and activities that would further escalate the ongoing volatile situation in Honiara City and the Henderson area. “I call on my good people of Guadalcanal to immediately refrain from any unlawful…
THE Chairman of South Pacific Oil Limited – the parent company of Land and Sea Circle Services – says SPO is suing Solomon Star for two articles the newspaper published last month. Riley Mesepitu is the Chairman of SPO. He is also the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration –…
THE Malaita Province Full Assembly Budget meeting has commenced on Tuesday in Auki, with most of the non-executive members absent. Eighteen out of the 33 Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs) attended the meeting while 15 did not make it to the meeting. MPA for Ward 4, Iven Tonafalea is the only non-executive member that joined…
LOCAL government sponsored students studying at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) are still to received their allowances. Solomon Islands National University Student Association (SINUSA) executive has informed this paper yesterday that almost 75 percent of students attending SINU have raised complaints and even showed frustration to the SINUSA executive. SINUSA newly elected treasurer, Erickson…