The Parliamentary Opposition leader has called on the government to make a sufficient budgetary allocation for the Prime Minister’s Official Residence Project in this year’s budget and speed up necessary arrangements for work to begin on the project. “It is important that a sufficient budgetary allocation is made in the 2018 Budget for the Prime…
THE West-bound lane of the Kukum Hot-bread roundabout was opened for traffic use as of Monday, following its completion over the weekend. This is the fifth component of the multi-million dollar project. The project is funded by the Japanese Government and it will be managed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). It costs more than…
A STAFF at the Fielders Delite Flour mill was crushed to death on Monday morning while cleaning a flour mixing machine. The accident took place at around 9am at the factory site which is located opposite the Water Front night club in east of Honiara. Initial reports stated the victim in his 40s from North…
RESIDENTS in Naha, East Honiara are not happy with the long delay of buses to arrive at their bus-stops. This happened after the Honiara City Council (HCC) had re-introduced the long bus routes in the past weeks. Previously when buses used to run short bus routes, buses normally arrive in time to pick up passengers…
Church leader Pastor Kamuel Kaleni says he has nothing to do with the followers that sold their properties. Mr. Kaleni told Solomon Star office in Auki in an interview last week that he has nothing to do with the followers who have sold their properties recently prior to January 16 the day that his congregation…
SEVEN Australian Federal Members of the House of Representatives on Friday have learnt about the work of award winning firm – Kokonut Pacific Solomon Islands (KPSI) during a brief visit to its head office at Lunga, East Honiara. During their brief stop over before heading back to Australia, the delegation were briefed on the work…
One of the leaders from Malaita, Hudson Jamin Maniasi has called on leaders to immediately step in and look for ways to address the recent social and religious movement in Malaita province. He said that social movements like the current Kingdom movement in Malaita and Platform Movement in Makira Province cannot be ignored and needs…
$2m renovation cost too expensive By EDDIE OSIFELO PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela had rejected the proposal of SBD$2 million cost for renovation of the former Red House at Vavaya Ridge, Central Honiara. This came after engineers from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) have estimated the initial cost of the renovations at more than SBD$2milion.…
BASIC services like clinics, markets, and schools are what people in the rural areas need the most. Any community that has got those services at their disposal should be enough for them to move on with their life. One such community is Busurata, located 14 kilometres from the Malaita provincial capital Auki, up in the…
ONE of the pioneers of the so-called Kingdom Movement, Gordon Mae of Central Kwara’ae, says the group’s leader Kemuel Kaleni is a “deceiver and a false prophet” who must repent. Over the past few days, the Kingdom Movement has been the talk of the day on both mainstream and social media. It finally led to…