THE Cleaning up of the Chinatown will begin on Tuesday. The Honiara City Council in collaboration with the Solomon Islands Government on Friday announced that the formal start date for the General Disaster Waste Clean-up on the locations destroyed during the last year’s Honiara Civil Unrest. It stated that the Disaster Waste Clean-up was part…
Malaita Premier, Daniel Suidani and Malaita’s new Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Leslie Kili last week entered a positive dialogue. In the dialogue, PPC Kili asked the Malaita Premier to talk to MARA government supporters to stay calm and allow police to carry out its duty in Auki without interference from MARA supporters. During the dialogue,…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has appointed Dr Transform Aqorau as professor and director of its newly established Institute of Ocean, Islands and Sustainable Development (IOISD) at the School of Fisheries. A statement from SINU on Monday (17th January 2022) said Dr Aqorau joined the university last year as visiting professor and was appointed…
PATROL Boat Taro could leave Auki early this week to attend covid-19 cases recorded in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) over the weekend. The Patrol Boat was supposed to spend 14 days in Auki, meaning it has one more week to go before leaving. However, the situation in MOI might need the assistance of Patrol…
Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Honorable Timothy Masiu paid a visit to the Solomon Islands Expo Pavilion in Dubai on Thursday 13 January 2021. Minister Masiu was accompanied by his wife Madam Christine Masiu, together with Mr. Steven Matainaho, Secretary for Department of ICT (DICT), Mr. Ian Kwaimani, First Secretary to…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) in a statement this afternoon said that it is investigating 4 people at Pelau village in Ontong Java that are suspected of COVID-19 infection. If these people are confirmed to have COVID-19 infection, the risk of community transmission is extremely high. The 4 suspected positive cases are…
THE Lagoe Community’s wish for a water rehabilitation project has now come true, thanks to the European Union (EU) and RWASH for stepping in with a solution to the community’s need. Lagoe is a community located inland in the Baegu Asifola electorate in Malaita Province with a population close to 700 people. The community has…
Perjury over Pari Land transfer could land COL in jail ALAN McNeil – the Commissioner of Lands turned whistle blower – could find himself in jail for making a false statement to the High Court. This was revealed in documents on the Pari Development Company Ltd’s land in Noro, Western Province. Solomon Star has…
A 17-year-old male will spend one month in jail for trespassing into the Governor General’s official residence at East Kola Ridge when drunk. Principal Magistrate Felix Hollison sentenced the young man, Thursday this week after he pleaded guilty to one count of criminal trespass at the Honiara Magistrate’s Court. Mr Hollison said the sentence should…
THE Malaita Masina Forum (MMF) has offered to be a “go-between” in the standoff between the National and Malaita Provincial Government. MMF President William Gua told Solomon Star, Friday, the time had come for the on-going row to be settled once and for all. Mr. Gua was yesterday meeting with his executive members in Honiara.…