CHIEF Justice Sir Albert Palmer has called on judicial officers and legal practitioners to avoid unnecessary delays of cases. He said this is to avoid clogging up the court lists and delaying of delivery of judgments. “Make 2020 a year when cases can be disposed of promptly and not prolonged unnecessarily, clogging up the court…
SOUTH Pacific Oil (SPOL) on Wednesday handed over 300 empty drums to the Honiara city council (HCC) as part of efforts to clean up the city. SPOL’s Director of the Waste Management & Control Division George Bogese said the drums will be put up along the streets of Honiara for people to dispose off their rubbish. He…
United States Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Erin Elizabeth McKee, today presented her credentials to Governor-General Sir David Vunagi, formally marking the beginning of her ambassadorship to Solomon Islands. “This is the culmination of my career, my foreign service journey, and it is a tremendous privilege to represent the United States of America to this important…
Members of the family of a 16-year-old boy who allegedly committed suicide have accepted the cause of death of their son at Koda Village in the Paru area of North West Guadalcanal on 21 January 2020. Information received by police revealed that prior to the death of the young boy, his father noticed his son’s…
AUKI police uprooted and removed more than 500 Marijuana plants at Alafe area in Central Kwara’ae, Wednesday. And Inspector Fredrick Pado thanked the community leaders of Alafe and surrounding areas for working together with the police. He said the raid on the marijuana garden will result in the reduction of the illegal sale and consumption…
Boat found, nine missing By ULUTAH GINA A BOAT carrying nine people that went missing on January 15 in the waters between Western and Choiseul provinces has been found on Monday, but without the passengers. Police say the boat was located in the Ritamala area in Kia, Santa Isabel Province, but there were no people on…
CHIEF Justice Sir Albert Palmer has conveyed his condolences to the Australia bush fire victims. This was when he was acknowledging Australia as the main donor partner to Solomon Islands for the judiciary, at the opening of the 2020 legal year last Thursday. “We remember the families who have lost loved ones and properties and…
NEW Zealand’s new High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Georgina Roberts, joined representatives from the Solomon Islands Tertiary Education and Skills Authority (SITESA) and the Solomon Islands New Zealand Alumni Committee to congratulate and farewell 2020 New Zealand Scholarship awardees at an event last week. “You are starting your journey as ambassadors – ambassadors for yourself,…
STUDENTS from Western Province should be given priority at schools within the province. That’s the view of Western Province Premier David Gina, who complained spaces at schools within his province were being given away to students from other provinces. Gina told the Solomon Star as a result, majority of students from his province were displaced…
THE instalment of the CCTV at the Honiara City Council Head office recently has paid off with a recent recovery of a huge sum of money that was left in the office, Tuesday. City Clerk Rence Sore said just on Tuesday a prominent lawyer by the name of Primo Afeau had left a bag with…