ADB visits new USP campus in SI

THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday led a media tour of the almost complete, expanded campus of the University of the South Pacific in Honiara which will provide students better access to higher education. Funded by a $15.4 million concessional loan and a grant of $1.5 million from the ADB-administered Clean Energy Fund, the Higher Education…

Man arrested for attempted murder in Auki

Police in Auki have arrested a 42-year-old male person for attempted murder at Auki wharf this morning (17 March 2023). The incident occurred this morning on board MV Express Pelican II while berthing at Auki wharf preparing for its departure to Honiara. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Superintendent Leslie Kili said the 42-year-old suspect is…

Japan hands over new modern airport facility to SI

IN an official ceremony at the Honiara International Airport on Wednesday, Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare on behalf of the Government and People of Solomon Islands received the newly completed Japan-funded airport improvement project from the Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki. Through an SBD$300-million funding support from Tokyo through the Japanese International Corporation Agency,…

NZ Foreign Affairs, Defence & Trade Committee Delegation paid courtesy visit to PM

The New Zealand Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Delegation currently visiting Honiara has had a fruitful dialogue with Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP. Introducing the delegation, chairperson Jenny Salesa explained, the visit is to…… “strengthen bilateral relationships, inform the Committee’s current inquiry into fisheries in the Pacific, gain insights into Solomon Islands Covid-19…

Skilled workers lie to get seasonal employment

SKILLED workers employed in various offices, including government ministries, who successfully applied for recruitment under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme, have resorted to lies to get their way through the interviews and application procedures and this trend is continuing. A source told Solomon Star recently that a good number of skilled workers currently…

MALAITA’S READY

Malaita Premier Martin Fini has declared Malaita Province’s readiness to engage with the National Government and other development stakeholders meaningfully MALAITA is ready to engage, Premier Martin Fini, has declared after initial discussions with the National Government and other development stakeholders. “I am pleased to announce that Malaita, under the Malaita New Government Fundamental Redirection…