THE public in Western Province are questioning the high cost of unpaid electricity bills by the second biggest hospital in the province – Helena Goldie Hospital. One of the concerned members of the public is a Provincial Member of the Assembly (MPA). The MPA who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Solomon Star that…
THE Solomon Islands Maritime Association (SIMTA) wants justice in the Solomon Islands Government’s (SIG) tax levy on fares and freights imposed on seafarers and the shipping industry. It was reported the tax levy is very high compared to that imposed on other sectors in the country. Solomon Maritime Transport Association (SIMTA) representative, George Takeli, highlighted…
LIMITED manpower resource has been a challenge for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIFP) in the Western Province. This was highlighted by the Police Provincial Commander (PPC), Matthias Lenialu, in an interview with the Police Media Unit over the National Broadcaster – Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) – last week. He said the province…
A medical doctor at NRH pleads for generous financial assistance towards the travel costs of six children to Fiji by July 1 to undergo life-saving surgeries SIX children with congenital heart disease need generous financial support to undergo life-saving surgeries at the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Heart Hospital in Fiji. Dr Baddley Ludawane of…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP today had a bilateral meeting with the Australian deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Richard Marles. Deputy Prime Minister Marles used the official engagement to reaffirm Australia’s bilateral relations and cooperation with Solomon Islands and also made announcements in key areas of cooperation which include the support for…
Police are investigating a suspicious death of a Novice brother of the Church of Melanesia whose body was found with deep wounds lying at the seaside close to Tolegu village at Havulei district in Isabel Province. The National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) are working closely with Buala police…
THE young man who caused the death of another man whose body was found lying at the bottom of the steep hill at Botanical Garden in 2020 has been sentenced to four years in prison. Ruben Jayrick Hitu, 26, was sentenced this week following his conviction after a trial for one count of manslaughter. Justice…
MOST of the offerings and tithes worth more than $50, 000 stolen by thugs from Gizo GF Jones Memorial Church at the Western Provincial capital around the midnight of Monday were collections from the weekends. That’s according to the Area Church Pastor (ACP) Vernon Peter after comments and questions have been raised by the public…
THE National Government is committed to support seafarers’ priorities in maritime and shipping services in general. Seafarers most of the time is overlooked, unnoticed and unappreciated, however, this year’s celebration of International Day of Seafarer has made gov’t to recommit its priorities for the contribution seafarers have made to the economy of the country. Deputy…
Thieves targeting church buildings AN estimated $50,000 worth of offerings and tithes were stolen from Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Gizo, Western Province, overnight. Not only that but church representatives said a signed cheque book was also inside the wooden cash box which was stolen from the church building. According to a church representative, the robbery…