Anti-corruption day

Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) will be marking the 2015 International Anti- Corruption Day at the National Art Gallery today. This year’s theme for the event is “Break the Corruption Chain.” The event starts, 8am with a walk from Honiara City car park to the National Art Gallery where the program proper will be unveiled. Prime…

Corruption day competition winners

Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) has announced the lucky winners of the international anti-corruption day short essay and poetry competition. The short essay competition prizes to; Laine Ryan in first, the 2nd to Emy Pisihania Rusi and 3rd prize goes to Lanique Pitasua. For the poetry competition, the prizes go to the following; 1st prize goes…

Airlines seals new code-share deal

Hard on the heels of commencing a significant codeshare agreement with Qantas Airways, Solomon Airlines has now officially validated a tripartite code-share agreement with fellow Melanesian carriers Air Niugini and Air Vanuatu. Initially announced in principle last February, the watershed agreement confirming the code-share was officially signed by the heads of all three carriers at…

Christmas carols this Saturday

LAWSON Tama national stadium will be the place to be for many families as one of the biggest entertaining events in Honiara returns this weekend. Dubbed as the ‘Carols in the Islands”, the event will again see thousands of Honiara residents being part of the event this coming Saturday, 12th December. It was confirmed that,…

Congregation shocked at theft

CONGREGATION at KOBITO 2 church in east Honiara were shocked on Sunday morning after discovering their power mixer went missing on Saturday night. Speaking to the Solomon Star on Tuesday, Esther Mae said, the mixer was locked in the church building. “Some thief may have climbed through the window and remove that mixer. “This is…

Chief call for geo-political split

Chief of Klousuu Patterson Divasia is calling on the national government and provincial leaders of Guadalcanal to seriously look at the need of highland people of North East Guadalcanal to have a separate constituency from people from the coastal areas. Speaking to the Solomon Star Divasia recently, the chief said, people of Kolousu’u from the…

Women forced to have sex

About 15.6 percent antenatal women reported that they had been victims to some forms of physical or sexual violence from male intimate partners in the past twelve months; this was revealed by  the Ministry of Health  and Medical Services latest findings. The findings also revealed about 12.8% have experience being forced to have sexual intercourse…