Chairman of Burns creek Community, East Honiara, John Set Iromea has questioned why Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) has remained silent over the $3 million payment made to ex-militants on Christmas Eve, 2015. Mr Iromea said the controversial payment had sparked wide public anger and criticism across the country. He said while many former statesmen and…
ABOUT 400 individuals were being awarded the 2016 Solomon Islands Government (SIG) sponsored scholarship to do tertiary studies this year. This was revealed to the media yesterday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD), Franco Rhodi. Mr Rhodi said that, the official announcement and release of the 2016…
THE Niuleni and Funafou communities in the northern region of Malaita Province are the proud recipients of a $3-million sanitation project funding provided by the Republic of China Government through Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Prime Minister Sogavare on Monday handed over the cheque for the project money to the Chairman of the steering committee for…
A CHIEF and logging licence holder in Choiseul Province has called on the government to allow only genuine logging investors to operate in the country. Bingo customary land licence holder, Chief Kollish Leketo Tutua made the call when accusing Xiang Lin logging company of not paying for the remaining round logs it left at various…
A man whose charge has been reduced from rape to defilement will be entering his plea to the new charge on January 25. The man who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim is in police custody. His appearance on Monday was dispensed off due to the current vacation period by…
SIX months has passed but American tourist David Grahl says he still thinks of the good times he spent in the Solomon Islands presenting gifts. One of his activities during his trips throughout the South Pacific was the donation of books to children in various communities that he visited since the beginning of his Pacific…
THE proposed date for meeting between the Director of the National Training Unit (NTU) and the government sponsored students this week has been rescheduled further from Wednesday to Thursday. This is according to the Solomon Islands Student Association (SISA) Laucala, Campus student body. In a statement that was passed on to the Solomon Star yesterday,…
THE more than 250 Government sponsored students studying in PNG institutions are urged to submit their visa application forms for processing to avoid late registration. Last year a total of 20 continuing students who study at University of Technology and Divine Word University were de-registered by their respective institutions since they were a month’s late…
EAST Honiara Outskirt Settlement Community Policing Law Association (EHOSCPLA) will launch their community by-laws soon. President of the EHOSCPLA Michael Kwaioloa confirmed that the draft copy of the by-laws is now with responsible authorities to screen it for purposes of inconsistency with the existing national laws before implementation. He said that community by-laws are mainly…
PREMIER of Temotu Province, Nelson Omar Menale had criticised the recent trip to Honiara by the member of the provincial non-executive, Fr.Brown Beu, as suspicious. Premier Menale said his Executive strongly hold the view that Fr. Beu should be closely monitored to ensure he does not indulge in activities contrarily to good governance. Premier Menale…