ELECTION CHANGES By ANDREW FANASIA A FORMER member of parliament has lost his candidacy to contest the upcoming elections – just a week before the April 3 polls. The Electoral Commission office disqualified Mark Kemakeza from contesting the Savo-Russell seat after he was found in breach of electoral rules. But at the same time, the…
A FIRST ever pre-polling was successfully carried out on Thursday in Honiara and throughout all provincial capitals. Election Manager for Honiara Jude Devesi told this paper, Thursday that the pre-polling was good except few issues encountered that he will have to take it up to the electoral boss. “All is good except for a few…
People of Rennell and Bellona Province (Renbel) will now be able to access and enjoy a much more improved health and medical services in their province. This followed the formal opening and handing over of the first ever Area Health Center (AHC) at Tingoa on Rennell on Tuesday. The facility was funded by the Solomon…
It was on December of 2017 that KOICA presented to Solomon Islands National University (SINU) the world class Fisheries complex which young Solomon Islanders are currently enjoying today. Wednesday’s KOICA’s generous assistance was again witnessed by SINU with the handing over of the new Aquaculture Laboratory. Speaking during the hand-over ceremony, Country Director of KOICA…
Solomon Islands United Party President Peter Kenilorea Junior says their Party believes that the current leaders are failing the people of Solomon Islands. Kenilorea Junior said this failure also applies to Malaita leaders who also failed the people of Malaita. He said this failure is evident in the way that development is very slow in…
INTERNATIONAL journalists were banned from covering and entering the oil spill site and the wrecked MV Solomon Trader in Rennell Island, Wedesday. Reliable sources told the Solomon Star that it was believed that orders to stop the journalists came from Honiara and few people on the ground on Rennell who are agents of Bintan Mining…
THE Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) had ended its term in office with more than $188million in cash reserves for working capital for the new government. That’s according to outgoing Finance minister Manasseh Sogavare. “This is a net of un-presented cheques of $25.9 million, which is $214million gross,” Sogavare claimed. He stated this during…
ABC: For the first time in four years, Member of Parliament (MP) will be required to pay tax on their salaries. Solomon Islands’ Parliamentary Entitlements Commission (PEC) will be gazetting the new regulations on April 1 to remove, tax exemptions that were granted in 2015. Commission Chairman Johnson Siapu has confirmed the changes with ABC,…
CONTESTING candidate for West Honiara Constituency John Kwaita says one of the two main focus he has for West Honiara is to address the land issues in West Honiara. Kwaita said currently West Honiara faces more challenges in terms of land compared to other two constituencies with probably the most populated. “We have Kakabona and…
DOUGLAS Kimi who is the Government Statistician is now the new 2019 National Census Commissioner. Caretaker Prime Minister Rick Hou officially announced this on Monday as the country is heading towards the next National Census in November. He said the announcement was made in accordance to the Census Act (Chapter 53). “I now invoke Section…