THE Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) is not responsible for the suspension of Malaita Provincial Secretary Fredrick Fa’abasua. The ministry made this clarification after a source within the Malaita Provincial Government claimed that the MPGIS permanent secretary Stanley Dick Pirione’s involvement in the removal of Mr Fa’abasua as Malaita’s Provincial Secretary. According…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has expressed his overwhelming joy to officiate the launching of the country’s own Computed Tomography (CT) scanner some 40 years after the nation’s Political independence. The procurement and set up of the CT Scan is one of the flagship policies of the government under the leadership of PM Sogavare. The…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Naha Police Station now have better working conditions to perform their duties following the completion and handing over of the refurbished Police Station in East Honiara yesterday. A RSIPF statement on Tuesday said the Naha Police Station refurbishment was funded by the Australian Government through…
ERANDA Kotelawala – the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Solomon Islands Ports Authority trading as Solomon Ports – has scotched rumours he has left the country quietly without telling anyone, including staff. “That’s an interesting news,” Mr. Kotelawala said last night, when asked about his departure, describing the reports as “typical rumours,”. He was on…
WESTERN Province Premier Christian Mesepitu says Australian Government’s support to upgrade the country’s second largest port in Noro, Western Province will have a lasting impact on the province and Solomon Islands. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Mesepitu said these are the sorts of investments that will have lasting impact not only on Western Province…
MALAITA for Democracy and Development (M4DD) President Knoxly Atu says the Sogavare led DCGA government has been treating Malaita Province unfairly since coming into power in 2019. Mr Atu said the unfair treatment towards Malaita could ignite more divisions in the country rather than the togetherness that the government is preaching about. Speaking to Solomon…
THE Government recognized the importance and value of women in leadership and the appointment of Jane Waetara as the country’s permanent representative to United Nations is a testament to that. In a terse media statement the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) said Mrs. Waetara deserves the new calling as she is one…
POLICE in Guadalcanal Province are investigating an incident at Aola in East Central Guadalcanal, believed to be linked to sorcery, which resulted in the burning of five residential houses and a death of an elderly man. The burning incident took place on Tuesday night when some men appeared at the village in revenge of a death…
IT has been revealed by the Malaita Provincial Government that the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) permanent secretary is the person instrumental in efforts to remove Malaita Province Premier Daniel Suidani from power. Solomon Star was informed that before the second motion of no confidence against Mr Suidani, the MPGIS permanent secretary…
Secretary to Cabinet (STC) Mr. James Remobatu of the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet welcomed Permanent Secretaries to a one day dialogue and discussion Friday last week at the Honiara Hotel regarding the ongoing work status of current proposed Legislative Bills within each respective government ministries. STC Mr. Remobatu in his welcome remarks…