MAKING sure the tuna fisheries of the Western and Central Pacific remain sustainable is one of the driving aims of Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members heading into WCPFC18 this week. “As FFA members have continued to highlight throughout this year, Pacific Island people are dependent on the tuna fishery, therefore management action to…
THE presence of foreign troops in Honiara would be unnecessary if “a capable Police Commissioner was appointed to lead the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) after RAMSI had departed, a local Medical doctor, Reginald Aipia, has suggested. “We have to call for international intervention because our own police force were let down by lack…
THE Solomon Islands Chinese Association (SICA) thank all those who help in the clean-up following the aftermath of the recent unrest. In a statement today (1st December 2021) SICA said the association and the Chinese community acknowledge all the good people and residents of this country who had come out in numbers to help with…
ALL Honiara-based schools are now on an early vacation. This came after a survey was conducted over the past days which warrants the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Human Resource and Development (MEHD) Dr. Franco Rodie using his powers to called off the 2021 academic for all educational institutions in Honiara. The early…
SENTENCE for One Link Pacifica’s manual stream manager Gerrad Tauohu accused of stealing almost $400,000 of the scheme’s customer has been adjourned to Wednesday next week. This is one of the many criminal cases yesterday that was administratively adjourned to next week. Tauohu was convicted in November after a trial of five count of simple…
In the light of what transpired in Honiara last week, the people of West Mbaelelea in Malaita Province have called on their Member of Parliament (MP) Augustine Auga to resign from the DCGA government. The call came after chiefs, church leaders, community leaders, women leaders, and youth leaders held a meeting at the Arao Centre…
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) is calling on the general public to respect all banks and other financial institutions’ properties in Honiara. This call was made following last week’s events which saw several key properties being damaged, including a bank building and ATMs, which were razed to the ground by fire. “I want…
THE Courts officer who has been accused of making inappropriate and inflammatory comments on social media and later disciplined for his action has apologised to the people of Choiseul province. Georgehill Faifu told Solomon Star on Tuesday that it was never his intention to post what was shared online to the mass. “Actually someone provoked…
WESTERN Provincial Assembly Member for Ward 15 in Munda, David Gina was voted out of the premiership position through a Motion of No Confidence in a Provincial Assembly meeting held on Monday. About 18 Members of the Western Provincial Assembly convened the Provincial Assembly Meeting, which was gazetted by the Ministry of Provincial Government and…
TEMOTU Provincial Premier and former Temotu VATUD parliamentarian, Clay Forau has called on the National Government to pass and implement the state government system. In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Forau said the desire for more autonomy has transpired to be the obvious among the many reasons as to why the bigger provinces in Solomon…