Pacific Island Forum Fisheries is building on its high tech response to illegal and unreported fishing with new tools being trialled to complement its existing suite of monitoring, control and surveillance tools. Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director, Dr Manu Tupou Roosen said that as FFA’s collaborative surveillance Operation Rai Balang came to a…
SYDNEY, 18 MARCH 2022 (RENEWABLE ECONOMY) — Australia has the potential to drive significant emissions reductions across the Asia Pacific region – by as much as four times its own emissions – by decarbonising Australia’s major export industries, new research has found. The research, undertaken by academics at the Australian National University’s Crawford School, has…
The Solomon Islands Government, and the United Nations (UN) jointly hosted the first Joint Steering Committee meeting to discuss the implementation of their joint work in the Solomon Islands, strategic partnerships moving forward, and financing opportunities. It was held on Wednesday 16 March. The meeting was hosted by Solomon Islands Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs…
MANY locals in Gizo and parts of Western Province have resorted to using local herbs to help recover from COVID-19. Reports reaching this paper claimed many of the locals were unable to visit the hospital to get their swabs because the use of local herb works well for them. As a result some did not…
POLICE established enquiry into the ‘Guns Shipment Alert’ article that was published by this paper on Thursday last week is continuing, Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau said. Mr Mangau confirmed this during the Oversight Committee press conference at Mendana Hotel, Tuesday. The press asked if the ‘gun shipment’ issue reported on Solomon Star last week was…
Mission to arrest M4D boss fails, community shocked, fights back PEOPLE of Bethel community in East Fataleka, Malaita Province got a shock of their lives after an early morning raid on Thursday by members of Police Response Team (PRT) to hunt down the Malaita for Democracy (M4D) President Knoxly Atu. Initial report reaching the paper…
Government likely to slash public servants’ annual leave, in new cost-cutting measure PUBLIC servants will have their 42-day annual leave slashed to as little as 18 days a year beginning this year, it was revealed, Wednesday. The move is part of a wide range of cost-cutting measures to be announced next month when Finance Minister…
Former senior police officer’s fate, today THE fate of the former senior female police officer accused of indecently assault a man while he was asleep and drinking in a moving vehicle will be delivered today. The judgement of Lily Dagi was listed on Tuesday but was, however, deferred to today. She had gone through a…
OPPOSITION Leader Hon Matthew Wale is calling on the government to be sensible, sensitive and to acknowledge the views of the people. Hon Wale described the government’s response that they don’t need to consult the people on its plan to extend parliament as ‘bad practice’. Speaking during a press conference today, Hon Wale said the…
A former Australian high commissioner to Solomon Islands says the involvement of Chinese officials in training local police is setting off alarm bells in Canberra. The move from Beijing follows last year’s violent riots which targeted Chinese-owned businesses in the capital, Honiara. James Batley, who led the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and…