PRIME Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo today held a brief meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. The US Secretary arrived in the country today afternoon and paid a courtesy call on the Governor General and later met with Prime Minister Lilo. During the meeting, both leaders acknowledged historical ties between the Solomon Islands and…
The coastal region of North West Guadalcanal still offers an ideal spot for tourism activities which needs to be developed to support the industry and the economy. That’s the view of a Visale man John Toki while speaking to the Solomon Star during a one day trip to Visale on Monday, Mr Toki said the…
RNZI: The latest figures from the Samoa Ministry of Health say eight people have been diagnosed with chikungunya virus after the first 20 specimens were sent overseas for tests. The Director General of Health and CEO, Leausa Toleafoa Dr Take Naseri, has also confirmed that as of Monday night 96 new suspected cases of chikungunya…
EMBATTLED Renbel premier Lence Tangosia says he has requested the Ministry of Provincial Government to suspend the Renbel Provincial Assembly. He made the request after four of his ministers who resigned recently refused to rejoin his government. Mr Tangosia said he wanted Minister Silas Tausinga to use his powers to suspend the assembly because of…
The Solomon Islands Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (SIEITI) is pushing hard for transparency and accountability around the revenue collected from the mining industries in the country. The Government supported Initiative which is funded by the World Bank has started in 2012. In June 2014, It had released an independent reports on the revenue collected from…
SOLOMON Islands today has given its full recognition to the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state. This was after the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Clay Forau submitted a Cabinet paper to Cabinet today which was eventually agreed upon by Cabinet to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. MrForau said Cabinet was…
UNLICENSED related cases topped police’s weekend traffic operations in the capital. The police media unit yesterday revealed that out of the 605 vehicles that have been checked during the weekend traffic operations, 22 have been detained with the drivers arrested and charged. “Out of the 22 traffic cases recorded over the weekend, only four were…
PERMANENT secretary of the Ministry of Lands Stanley Waleanisia has defended his ministry against public perception that it is one of the most “corrupt” government ministries. Speaking during an exclusive interview with the Solomon Star, Mr Waleanisia said like any other ministry, there are policies and procedures that act as a compass for officers to…
POLICE will be searching for an alleged arsonist who failed to turn up on Monday in court for the setting of his trial date. This followed a warrant of arrest that has been issued for the accused John Makasi on Monday in the Honiara Magistrate Court. He was supposed to turn up so that a…
CHARLES against a man accused of obstructing Government officers on duty at one of the flood evacuation centres in Honiara have been cleared. This is due to insufficient evidence against the accused Eddie Agooka. Principal Magistrate Shepherd Lapo freed Eddie of the six counts of refusing to cooperate with government officers during the state of…