The abandonment of the tuna cannery in Tulagi By SAMSON SADE SOLOMON Taiyo Limited was used to be a premier employment venture that attracted workers from the four corners of the Solomon Islands. With its cannery at Tulagi in the Central Islands Province, the location couldn’t be far from ideal. The deeper sheltered waters…
SOME 122 Solomon Islands’ students would be making their way to China soon to study in universities there. The number includes 91 students who were transferred from Taiwanese universities last year. In preparing them for their new environment, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Solomon Islands last Thursday held a virtual dialogue…
Efona wins Central Honiara Constituency seat ALFRED Efona, the man who ousted the 2019 winner of the Central Honiara Constituency through an election petition earlier this year, has won the seat. Solomon Islands Chief Electoral Officer, Jane Waetara, was due to declare the result last night. Efona never looked back by the time batches…
ATM customers of Bank South Pacific in Auki have expressed their frustration about a local moneylender who usually takes other customer’s time to do withdrawals at the ATM machines. Information reaching the Solomon star office in Auki alleged that the local moneylender usually spends long hours at the machines. “He is lending money to borrowers at…
The return of 106 students and their family members this week from Fiji was made possible through the cooperation and partnership between the Solomon Islands Government and the Solomon Islands Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Pacific Office in Suva, Fiji. The IFRC team coordinated and facilitated…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) calls on the people of Central Honiara and North East Guadalcanal Constituencies to accept the outcome of the By-Election result. The By-Election in both National Constituencies has become necessary after the Members of Parliament lost their seats in the election petition after the National General Election in April…
SOLOMON Islands need to build more Special Development Learning Centres around the country to serve the hundreds of children with special needs. School Principal of the Development Learning Centre (DLC) Jiope Ralulu Iputu echoed the sentiment during the Governor General’s visit to the school on Friday. Mr. Iputu said that currently, DLC is the only…
FOR 26-year-old Pamela Augustine Rofeta from Malaita, becoming a lawyer fulfilled both her and her grandfather’s dream. Rofeta, who had just taken her oath to practice early this month along with 17 other new lawyers, shared her story with Solomon Star. “My grandfather, from whom I was named, was the initial motivator behind me becoming…
FOR Verakoukou Village in Sahalu ward West Guadalcanal, 19 November marked an incredible achievement. On World Toilet Day, the community celebrated its No Open Defecation status. Verakoukou is the first village in the ward to achieve this status. It is also a huge step forward in improving the health, resilience, and wellbeing of its people…
A LOCAL citizen from Malaita province Allen Daotala believes his herbal medicine (custom medicine) can cure the deadly viral disease COVID-19 in the country. Daotala said if God has already healed all kinds of deadly diseases that even our Hospitals can’t treat then, give his custom medicine a chance to prove its worth. He said…