THE National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) of Papua New Guinea and its sister public broadcaster, the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) on Tuesday signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the areas of exchange of staff, sharing of news content and technical cooperation. The MoU was signed by the Managing Director of NBC, Mr Kora…
AS the new terminal at the Honiara International Airport sprung to life this week, Solomon Airlines is slowly relocating from the old terminal to the new terminal. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gus Kraus, in an interview with Solomon Star, said all outward services operated by Solomon Airlines are now being processed at the new terminal…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will mount an operation for the next parliament sitting which commences next Monday. Police Officers will conduct proactive patrols and do road checks in parts of Honiara City. A good number of police officers will be involved in this parliament sitting. This includes Police officers from Honiara, Guadalcanal…
A MAN accused of an armed robbery incident at the Greenland Enterprises Ltd Office at Henderson, Central Guadalcanal, early this year will take his plea next week. Ben Abitalo, 24, will be entering his plea to the charge of armed robbery. It was heard on Tuesday that the prosecution has just received the Closed-circuit Television…
THE Malaita Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Superintendent Leslie Kili, has called on the Malaita public to respect police officers. PPC Killi made the call after a male police officer was assaulted in Auki recently while carrying out his policing duty. According to PPC Kili, two boys who were under the influence of Kwaso attacked and…
People of Ward 5 in the Fataleka Constituency shocked at the disqualification of their MPA Daniel Suidani from the Malaita Provincial Assembly by the MPGIS Minister THE disqualification of Malaita Provincial Assembly Member for Ward 5, former Premier Daniel Suidani, from the assembly seat does not go down well with the people of the ward.…
FOR the first time, the Immigration Department which comes under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration (MCILI) has recorded between 3000 to 4000 passport applicants within the first quarter of the year. The department highlighted this as applications for new blank e-passport books continue to flood in. “This year, our office for the…
THE former Malaita Province Premier, Daniel Suidani, is expected to speak at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in which will be held in New York this month, it was revealed. Speaking exclusively to Solomon Star Auki from Hawaii, the MARA Political Advisor, Celsius Talifilu, who is accompanying the former Premier to this…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Central Police Station (CPS) are investigating the death of a young man after he fell off from a double cabin Hilux at Town ground area on 12 April 2023. RSIPF Commissioner Mr. Mostyn Mangau says, “The Hilux were travelling easterly direction from one of the…
The source of water that springs out from a tree trunk at triple 7 bus stop comes from Solomon Water service line, it was confirmed. It was rare to see water spring out from a tree trunk and that attracted a lot of attraction from the public. They even brought their own empty bottles to…