ourtSENTENCE for the man who admitted to injuring his wife’s head after cutting her hair extensions with a knife on New Year’s Day will be delivered on March 11. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of Causing Grievous Harm when he appeared in the Honiara Magistrate Court yesterday. This followed the sentencing submissions and…
THE 2025 Honiara Summit is to regulate, manage and end overfishing throughout the region and international. This was highlighted by United Nation Secretary-General (UNSG) Special Envoy for the Ocean, Peter Thomson at the official opening of the Honiara Summit at the Friendship Hall in East Honiara yesterday. “As you’ve heard many times this morning, we’ve…
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Malaita Outer Islands (MOI), Polycarp Paea and one of his Constituency Officers held a landmark meeting with the Australian High Commissioner Rod Hilton and his officials to discuss potential development initiatives for the constituency. The first of its kind for MOI, the meeting focused on securing funding support for…
ourRULING on an application to dismiss or permanently stay the case against two Choiseul Chiefs and their spokesman, who were accused of making false statements on oath, will be delivered on March 3. The defendants, John Kokoro, Alosi Jonah and Jerry Pakivai, are charged with making false statements on oath. During a recent court hearing,…
THE national cocoa industry has delivered an exceptional economic boost worth SBD 261 million in 2024, marking an astonishing 196 per-cent increase from SBD88 million in 2023. This was announced in a statement from the Commodity Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) Cabinet Sub-Committee on Monday. The CEMA Cabinet Sub-Committee said this exceptional economic boost from the…
Traffic in East Honiara is poised to resume to normal as the road section from Solo Gas to the Ranadi Roundabout has been partially reopened. This follows the successful completion of the reinstatement works of the Solomon Water Sewer Line Installation Project. The only remaining section of the road, from Maromaro Betelnut Market to the…
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) is progressing with the implementation of policy regarding the use of vernacular languages in schools and education. Minister of Education Tozen Leokana highlighted this during the International Decade of Indigenous Languages Day on Friday 14th February 2025 at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Panatina Campus.…
THE election petition trial of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ngella, Choylin Yim Douglas will continue on Tuesday with the final witness for of the petitioner taking the stand. The hearing, which began last Thursday before High Court Judge Justice Augustine Aulanga, has so far seen 12 witnesses testify for Mr Salini. Mr Salini’s…
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has refuted claim by Alfred Sasako implicating the Ministry have benefited from Winrock International funding to incorporate LGBTQ-related policies into the Education Act 2023. Sasako, in an article titled “Sasako Calls for Audit of Winrock International Funding” published in Solomon Star on February 12, 2025, implicates…
PRIME Minister Jeremiah Manele believes in the power of collaborative efforts to drive national development and thereby emphasised that the national government and development partners cannot achieve development progress in the nation alone. He made these remarks at the handover ceremony of the Rainwater Drinking Facility Project for Lilika Community High School (CHS) in Isabel…