THE principal of a school in Honiara is urging Solomon Water to rethink its water bill rates amidst the increasing number of students enrolled in local schools in the national capital. The call comes as many schools face mounting financial pressures due to rising water bills, which they argue are unsustainable for non-profit institutions like…
THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) is working diligently to find a new location for the establishment of a new rubbish dumpsite for the Provincial Capital Auki following a dispute with the current rubbish dumpsite landowners. The landowners prohibited public use of the dumpsite for the past two weeks. A visit by Solomon Star to the…
THE Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) and the Guadalcanal Provincial Government (GPG) have successfully concluded negotiations regarding the log of claims submitted by health workers of Guadalcanal Province. The claims, which primarily concern wage issues, were originally filed in 2018, but remained unresolved by successive provincial administrations. In January this year, WUSI issued a…
TWO men who confessed to drinking alcohol in a public space at Point Cruz, Honiara, last August will be sentenced on Friday, 21st March. Anthony Fo’oka and Walter Joseph pleaded guilty to the charge of Liquor Not To Be Consumed in a Certain Public Place, violating Section 65 of the Liquor Act. Principal Magistrate Dalcy…
TRIAL on the election petition case against Member of Parliament (MP) for Shortlands, Isikeli Vave Jr, will commence in the High Court on Monday March 24. MP Vave faces 18 allegations of Bribery. The three-week trial, to be presided over by Deputy Chief Justice Rex Faukona, will see over 60 witnesses take the stand. The…
SOLOMON Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS) and the Australian Bureau for Meteorology (BOM) launched a twinning partnership at the SIMS Office at Vavaya Ridge in Central Honiara on Tuesday. The Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) Trevor Mahaga, in his remarks at the launch, expressed gratitude to the Australian High Commission and…
The Governments of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Higher Education and Human Resource Development, further strengthening bilateral ties and cooperation in the higher education sector. Under the agreement, the Government of Papua New Guinea will provide 200 undergraduate scholarships to Solomon Islands nationals for study…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has made significant progress in integrating Information Communication Technology (ICT) into education. This was highlighted at a one-day reflection workshop on ICT in Education on Monday at the MEHRD conference room. Organised by MEHRD in partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and…
THREE staff of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS) are currently pursuing a Graduate Diploma in Meteorology in Melbourne, Australia. The meteorological graduate diploma training is part of a capacity-building initiative under a newly launched Twinning Partnership between SIMS and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). The partnership was officially launched at the SIMS…
THE Team Leader of the 3rd Chinese Medical Team (CMT), Dr Guo Mao has thanked Solomon Islands Government, through the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), and the Chinese Embassy in Honiara and all the patients they served for contributing towards the success of their mission in Solomon Islands. Dr Guo conveyed words of…