MOTION DEFEATED

First female premier maintains her leadership Santa Isabel Provincial Premier Hon. Rhoda Sikilabu survived the motion of no confidence against her leadership on Monday. The motion moved by MPA for Ward 2, Havulei, Hon. Ian Mason was defeated with 7 MPAs voted for and 9 MPAs voted against. Following her victory, Premier Sikilabu called on…

SI- PNG reaffirm Bilateral Cooperation

Prime Minister, Honourable Manasseh Sogavare MP, has squeezed in a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Honourable James Marape in the margins of the One day Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) and the US-Secretary of State meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Bilateral discussions covered…

Brother fatally stabbed sibling

A YOUNG man in his twenties has allegedly stabbed his older brother to death in Rannoggah, Western Province. The shocking incident happened on Saturday morning at Koe, the family’s settlement. Koe is in Onivemola near Lale Village in Rannoggah. According to villagers, the incident happened when everyone was away in their gardens. They said prior…

Viru to benefit from $160m MCC funding

VIRU Harbour Community in New Georgia Island in the Western Province has been selected as a beneficiary of the $160-million Forest Value Enhancement Project for Solomon Islands Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Programme. The multi-million-dollar project funding was announced by the Vice President of the Department of Policy and Evaluation at MCC, Ms Alicia Philips…

NEW HOSPITAL GIFT

Japan is building a new hospital for Malaita Province as early as the end of this year WORK is expected to start soon on a new hospital for Malaita Province, thanks to Japan. Japan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki, confirmed this in an exclusive interview with Solomon Star yesterday. Ambassador Yoshiaki…

RSIPF NCPD works to achieve strategic goals

THE National Crime Prevention Department (NCPD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is proactively working to achieve the three goals of its five-year Strategic Direction Plan 2021-2025. The three goals are to: Improve community confidence and trust; Work in close partnership with stakeholders and the community to strengthen public safety; and to Enhance…

MoU signed between RSIPF and OAG

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the Solomon Island Office  of the Auditor General (OAG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU) at the Office of the Auditor-General in Honiara on Friday May 19 2023.  The MoU sets out areas of cooperation including manners of referrals, follow ups,  sharing of information and sharing…