Minister of finance and treasury Rick Hou yesterday receives a cheque of $7.6million from Bemobile in outstanding goods tax paid directly to Inland Revenue Division (IRD). The brief ceremony was held at National Parliament yesterday. Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo was supposed to receive the payment but was too busy with the parliament meeting and…
RURAL voters of West Kwara’ae have been called upon to be careful, not to be deceived, persuaded or forced to vote a particular candidate(s) in the upcoming national general elections. Community elder, Samuel Boroau highlighted this when speaking to this paper of political propaganda or games that are usually played by intending candidates during the…
STUDENTS studying at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) have raised their concern over the slowness of computer services at the Kukum campus. They said that the problem started early this year when a window system was installed. The programme reqiures a registered student ID number and full name in order to access other installed…
KIRAKIRA police, Makira Province, are on a policing awareness exercise ahead of next month’s Banana festival next month. Provincial police commander Richard Hane revealed this to the Solomon star yesterday from provincial capital Kirakira. “Clean-up of Kirakira town and awareness programmes have been carried out by my officers since Monday last week,” Mr Hane said.…
Work on reconnecting the old damaged Mataniko bridge has kicked off early this week. The bridge was washed away during April 3 flash flooding. Its understood work on the bridge kicked off before the arrival the barley bridge next week. New Zealand government is supplying the new bridge. Already work on placing ground and steel…
AUKI Police on Tuesday raided and seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana at Fiu village on the outskirts of Malaita provincial capital Auki. A total of 29 marijuana trees were uprooted by police from a farm believed to be by youths of the village. No arrests were made as those believed to have owned…
CONCERNS have been raised over the pile of rubbish and wastes disposed within the Auki market parking lot area, now turning it into a dumpsite. The area which used to be used as a car park for both buyers and vendors is now the most avoided spot in the market. The foul smell coming from…
KILUSAKWALO Christian Community High school and Regent Park Christian school in Australia raised more than $5,000 in Auki over the weekend to assist victims of last month’s floods. Students and staff of the Australian school have spent last week at Kilusakwalo, teaming up with their hosts at the end of their stay to raise the…
THE European Union Ambassador for the Pacific says a plan to lift visa requirements for travellers from 10 Pacific nations still needs to be negotiated with each country before it comes into effect. The EU has amended a regulation, which means nationals from Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu…
VENDORS at the Auki main market are calling on responsible authorities to beef up security within the market premises to avoid unnecessary dumping of wastes and abusing of the market’s vicinity and its properties. This was made following weeks of complaints by vendors over the ever increasing pile of rubbish dumped right at the market’s…