The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources annual Provincial Fisheries Officers conference got underway in Honiara on Monday morning with most of the provinces represented. The provincial fisheries officers’ participation has been made possible through the World Bank’s Pacific Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP) under its component 2: Sustainable Management of Coastal Fisheries. PROP is a…
MINISTER of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Augustine Auga has challenged pig farmers to utilise their ability and strength to venture into piggery farming to earn money and support their families. He stated this at the opening of Adaliua Integrated Pig and Agriculture centre in Central Kwara’ae close to Auki in Malaita province last week. Mr…
ONE of the topics discussed during the recent student forum organized by the University of the South Pacific (USP) Honiara Campus is on proper dressing code. Speaking at the forum Student Association President Robert Tahi said as an university institution students are expected to wear decent clothing whilst at the vicinity of the campuses. Mr…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) on Sunday witnessed a reconciliation ceremony between parties involved in a fatal accident in Honiara on over the weekend in Honiara. The accident resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl who died after collision with a vehicle. The reconciliation was held at the Rove Police…
Models taking part in the Solomon Fashion Week 2018 are gearing up for the show in November. Young models as young 6 have been practicing for the cat walk for the past two Sundays. Under the watchful eyes of the Founder of the Association of Solomon Islanders in Creative Fashion Justina Radclyffe, the models were…
JnS Hair and Beauty Studio is once again stepping in to support Solomon Fashion week 2018 for the third time. Owner of JnS Hair and Beauty, Salome Kwaiga, speaking to the paper said she is very delighted to be the major sponsor of the event. “I saw a lot of young people taking part in…
The country’s National University on Monday witnessed another milestone through the launching of its newly established Post-Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management program. This will will be offered through the School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences. The program was established as a result of a need by the Ministry of Health and Medical…
Holding flowers, writing condolence messages and coloring the words “RIP ELLEN” while waiting for their friends, are a group of youths with big hearts preparing to pay their tribute at a site where a 15-year-old girl was killed by a drunk driver over the weekend. These young people are members of the One More Shot…
* Bound over sentence for trespassers* Fined for wounding incident* Man guilty of assault Bound over sentence for trespassers Two juveniles who trespassed into a private residence at Kombuvatu, East Honiara in May this year has been given a bound over sentence yesterday. The males aged 16 and 14 who cannot be named for legal…
A MEMBER of Parliament (MP) has blamed the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) for re-defining the term ‘Ordinary Resident’ in the new Electoral Act, which makes it too broad to enable cross-border registration. Speaking to the Solomon Star on condition of anonymity, the MP said Ordinary Resident (OR) was specifically defined on the context of…