Member of Parliament (MP) for Aoke Langalanga has been urged to resign from his seat as MP for Aoke Langalanga, pursuant to section 50(b) of the Constitution. The Prime Minister (PM) issued the call in light of allegations that Matthew Wale was involved in the recent riots and was communicating with the rioters. Prime Minister…
LINTA MABO – the 16-year-old school girl whose battle with heart problem has touched so many in and outside Solomon Islands – has lost the fight. She died peacefully at her home village in east Guadalcanal on Tuesday, her Uncle Lemech Den confirmed to Solomon Star yesterday. Mr Den said the family was unable to…
MALAITA Province has been hit hard by lack of shipping services to the province for the past two weeks causing hiccups for the travelling public and businesses. Leading up to the protest in Honiara last week, shipping services to the Provincial capital of Auki has been unreliable. Travelling passengers to Honiara turned up at Auki…
Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale congratulates the newly elected Premier of Western Province, Hon. Christian Burly Mesepitu. The election of the new Premier of Western Province finally took place yesterday bringing to an end a political stand-off that rocked the Province over the past few weeks. In congratulating the new Premier, Mr. Wale says,…
I’m still the legitimate premier of Western Province. This was the statement of Honourable David Gina earlier today (2nd December 2021). Mr Gina said the 18 provincial members who went on to elect the new premier of Western Province Christian Mesepitu are defying a pending High Court case that was heard at 10.30am this morning.…
A man from Lord Howe Settlement in Honiara is appealing to all communities in Honiara to return items taken during the recent unrest to the Solomon Islands Chinese Association. The man, who refused to be named, made the appeal today (2nd December 2021) after returning items members of his family and community take during the…
PRIME Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has dismissed rumors that Solomon Islands has picked up a number of new positive COVID 19 cases from members of the deployment currently assisting the country regain lawlessness in the capital city Honiara. Social media platform reported a number of positive cases of COVID-19 picked up from members of the…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has labeled the Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani “very very stupid” in a recent interview with ABC news. In the interview with both local and international media, Malaita Premier Mr Suidani viewed the Australia intervention in Solomon Islands as an attempt of holding up a corrupt leadership in control of Solomon…
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale has categorically refuted the PM’s claim that him and other opposition members were behind the recent protests and riots. According to the Opposition leader, these statements are not only false, but are aimed towards diverting the public’s attention from Sogavare’s own failures to properly deal with issues affecting this Nation.…
Chief suggests Honiara moved to another province THE Tandai House of Chiefs has suggested that national and provincial leaders should consider having a dialogue to move capital city Honiara out of Guadalcanal to another province. Secretary General (SG) of the Tandai House of Chiefs, Chief Daniel Danua made the suggestion because his people are sick…