THE Governor-General of Solomon Islands Sir David Vunagi says the country must be vigilant about the increase of its population in the absence of capacity. In his New Year’s speech, Vunagi said that with the recent national population now stands at 721,455 according to the 2019 National Population and Household Census results, youth itself makes…
For opening of new embassy AN advanced team to prepare for the opening of Solomon Islands Embassy in China has arrived in Beijing, ahead of the arrival of Ambassador-designate, John Moffat Fugui. It is still unclear when the Embassy in Beijing would be officially opened. But the appointment of Theresia Chanel – the lone junior…
A MAN was found dead on one of the ships that berth outside of Bahai harbour in Honiara during the early hours of Sunday morning after failing to wake up from his sleep. Information reaching the paper claimed that the man in his late 30 and into his 40s was very drunk on Saturday night…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Henderson have arrested two suspects in relation to Winwin robbery incident in Central Guadalcanal. The third suspect was arrested on 31 December 2020 at Aligator Creek in East of Honiara and the fourth suspect was arrested at Tanatita Village in Central Guadalcanal on 2 January…
A YOUNG girl aged 15 has been tricked and allegedly raped in West Kwaio, Malaita Province during the Christmas week. Acting Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Malaita Province Inspector Michael Ramosaea confirmed the alleged rape incident to Solomon Star Auki in an interview on Monday. He said the suspect was arrested and released on bail…
Once, easy road access connecting communities from Afio to Olusuú in Small Malaita, the Afio- Olusuú road link for the past decade has not lived up to the expectation of the people with eight broken bridges preventing vehicles from using the full length of the road. A recent visit by this paper to Small Malaita…
Opposition Leader, Hon. Matthew Wale is disappointed with revelations that the huge government Mamara Tasifarongo Housing Development Project for public servants in the Northwest Guadalcanal plains, has no room for the recruitment of locals and questions why this is so. It is disappointing to note that when the country is in dire need of any…
A total of 281 repatriates are being quarantined in the SIG Quarantine Stations, QS, after the arrival of two repatriation flights from Fiji last week. The Camp Management Sector Committee confirmed, 140 of the 281 arrived on Tuesday 29th December and are being quarantined at the King George the Sixth School, King Solomon Hotel, and DIDDS…
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has called on the Prime Minister to quickly take steps to ensure that the Solomon Islands is ready for the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Hon. Wale expressed that the COVAX distribution of vaccines to countries will depend on the preparedness of countries both to receive the vaccine and roll…
Police at Taro in Choiseul Province are investigating a fatal road accident, which resulted in the death of an adult male person after he allegedly fell from a moving land cruiser vehicle and hit by a log at Soranamola in Choiseul Province on 24 December 2020. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Elliot Ngili…