OUTGOING Member of Parliament for Savo/Russell, Dickson Mua, who faces one count of conversion, will be standing trial starting next week in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court. Mua will appear in court today for his final interim mention leading up to his trial, which will commence on January 21, which is only a week away. The…
SIEC sets to finalise national electoral roll By IAN M.KAUKUI VOTERS list for the upcoming national elections is expected to be finalised and approved tomorrow. That’s according to Chief Electoral Officer Mose Saitala. “My officers will try to get the voters final list onto our website this weekend,” Saitala told reporters, Wednesday. “So by next…
HONIARA-BASED Be Happy Ministry says its aim this year is to raise funds to buy pots for the mountain people of east Kwaio. Ministry founder Mambo Fangaria relayed this to the Solomon Star. He said fundraisings will be conducted at the Fishing village market on Sundays. Fangaria said in the past years, he raised funds…
EYE-WITNESSES say a landing craft washed ashore in the Langalanga lagoon last week when it developed mechanical problem was looted of all its contents. Villagers stormed the boat after it rested on their shoreline. “All cargoes and valuables were removed,” an eye-witness told the Solomon Star. “Nothing was left on board,” the eye-witness added. “As…
POLICE on Tuesday begun scaling down their search for three men who went missing on 31 December 2018 when the boat they’re travelling capsized outside Seghe in Marovo lagoon, Western Province. “The decision to scale down the police operation to search for the trio has been made on grounds that police and communities in Western…
Ministry plans signing off, Friday By IAN M.KAUKUI SCHOOL results for forms threes and fives are expected to be published by the end of this week. Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) Acting Permanent Secretary James Bosamata confirmed this on Tuesday. Bosamata said as a practice, they will organise a signing off program…
The tragedy and heartbreak of the “blackbirding” era has had a ripple effect all throughout the Pacific, yet it’s a history that remains largely under-acknowledged and unknown. By AMIE BATALIBASIWriting for SBS Television THERE are some stories that never leave you – they exist in your waking thoughts, your dreams, your ancestry and your…
Victims suffer loss of homes and food gardens By IAN M. KAUKUI THE number of people affected by the current bad weather is expected to rise as more reports are being relayed to the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO). That’s according to NDMO’s third situational report released last night. So far, 23,708 people were reportedly…
Up to 23,708 people and 4,480 households across five provinces have been affected by the recent bad weather. That’s according to the Solomon Islands National Emergency Operations Centre’s (SINEOC) latest situational report on the disaster. The report said the four most impacted provinces are Guadalcanal, Malaita, Isabel, and Makira-Ulawa. In Guadalcanal, the report said, almost…
Three fishermen from Maniate in east Wainoni, Makira-Ulawa Province, are yet to be found as search continues, says Provincial Police Commander Peter Sitai. He said as of 5pm yesterday, a team which he deployed earlier on that day had returned with no sighting. “This morning I deployed another team and they have just returned but…