THE Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Jasper Anisi, has cleared the air surrounding the confusion by some West Kwara’ae Constituency voters on the eligibility of a sitting Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) to contest the constituency’s bye-election next week. A sitting MPA in the Malaita Provincial Government (MPG), Iven Tonafalea, is one of the candidates…
(GCU) Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, Leonard Louma is impressed by one of Honiara’s renowned fishing trading outlets, Snap Fish Solomons during a recent visit to Honiara on May 12. Director General Louma together with Mrs Sovaia Marawa – the Programme Manager Trade and Economic Development together with the Senior Executive Advisor Mr…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the Solomon Island Office of the Auditor General (OAG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Office of the Auditor-General in Honiara on Friday May 19 2023. The MoU sets out areas of cooperation including manners of referrals, follow ups, sharing of information and sharing…
A JOINT rescue operation by the China Medical Team and Cardiologists at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has saved a Solomon Islands man who suffered a bout of acute heart attack a week ago. The man was discharged on 18th of this month after he had regained his health. The case has prompted a cardiologist…
Finding the Solomon’s best Tuna Fish Dish is a focus of Tuna Bites, a live cooking competition that will take place on Friday 26th May at the Coral Sea Resort from 4pm. All Solomon Islanders who love to cook are invited to participate by entering the Fusion or Traditional categories and creating a dish that…
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare leaves today (Sunday 21st May) to attend the third Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation, (FIPIC III Summit). The FIPIC is a multinational grouping developed in 2014 for cooperation between India and 14 Pacific Islands nations namely Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of…
(REUTERS/PACNEWS) SIX Pacific countries are at a high risk of debt distress in part due to government spending to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the World Bank said in a report on Thursday. The report, titled Raising Pasifika, said fiscal consolidation was needed in Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia…
Tokyo awaits final report from the International Atomic Energy Agency to proceed with the discharge of nuclear treated water JAPAN is almost certain to go ahead with its plan to dump nuclear treated water from its Fukusima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, its envoy to Solomon Islands Miwa Yoshiaki told Solomon Star in an…
THE matter of the late Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office Robson Djokovic before the Honiara Magistrate’s Court has been discontinued. This was after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) entered a Nolle Prosequi (to no longer prosecute) to discontinue with the matter against him after he died recently. Deputy…
(RSIPF/SolStar) OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have arrested eight suspects for allegedly planning to destroy major key infrastructures in Honiara. Police brought in those suspects for questioning. Few of them have been remanded, whilst others were released on strict bail conditions. Deputy Commissioner (DC) National Security and Operation Support (NSOS), Ian…