Solomon Airlines will commence fortnightly passenger flights from Honiara to Sydney, with the airline’s Airbus A320 then continuing on to Brisbane. The Sydney services will initially operate during November and December only, flying Honiara-Sydney-Brisbane on 19 November, 3 December and 17 December, a statement issued by Solomon Airlines said yesterday. Flight IE710 will depart Honiara…
50 constituencies to receive $1.8m each in CDF GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) early this week released SBD$90 million under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to all 50 constituencies. This means each constituency will receive about $1.8million, a statement issued by MRD Media Unit said. The funding assistance targeted at alleviating poverty…
Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale MP for Aoke/langalanga confirms that he has received a signed copy of the petition by the Guadalcanal Leaders to the Prime Minister on Tuesday. The Opposition Leader said the Guadalcanal leaders are well within their rights as leaders to petition the current government. “The petition contains long outstanding issues…
Man to plea to rape, incest charges A 46 year-old man accused of sexually abusing and raping his young daughter in 2014 when his daughter was only 12 years old will plea to the allegations at the High Court on December 2. The man who cannot be named to protect his daughter’s identity is facing…
AN investigation is being launched into the claims published in the Sunday Star recently, about a rare case where a girl who got her Covid-19 vaccination complained of her body turned magnetic after receiving her first jab. Kilu’ufi Hospital Health Promotion Team led by Kemuel Iro told Solomon Star Auki that they are launching an…
LAND and Sea Circle Services which has been operating in Honiara without a valid Business Licence from the Honiara City Council since 2013 is facing a $5, 000 fine as well as $50 a day to be backdated to when it started, the City Council confirmed on Tuesday. The company is jointly registered under the…
How and what triggers the political rumblings on Malaita MALAITA Province seems to be on an irreversible course – for bad or worse – is anyone’s guess. But pinning down what triggered such determination is also difficult, if not very difficult until now that is. Now that things have settled somewhat, snippets of what…
THE COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout has hit hard on the country’s economy. Head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Solomon Islands Jarkko Turunen during the IMF virtual press conference yesterday said while the government stringent measures are required to contain and suppress the pandemic to protect lives, these measures will also increase the…
THE Leader of Opposition, Matthew Wale has refuted the Prime Minister’s recent declaration of innocence towards Malaita as not true. Responding to his announcement, Wale held that the Prime Minister’s recent statement does not match his actions when it comes to Malaita province. Far from having no issue with Malaita, Hon. Wale insisted, the Prime…
THE Western Provincial Full Assembly meeting will now convene at the end of this month instead of Thursday. This followed a high court ruling on Tuesday in relation to an order issued by the Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) Rollen Seleso last week. Minister Seleso on Friday ordered that the Western Provincial…