Honiara residents got a scary early morning wake-up alarm when a powerful 7.8 struck at 4.38am yesterday, sending families out of their homes. While little or no damages were recorded in Honiara, the quake hit hard on Kirakira, the provincial capital of Makira-Ulawa Province. In Kirakira, which is close to the epicentre, the earthquake caused…
THE University of New South Wales (UNSW) Campus in Canberra had its graduation ceremony on Wednesday this week. Twelve students were awarded PhDs. Luke Forau a Solomon Islander from the island of Tikopia in Temotu Province was one of them. Luke started his education journey from his home village. He did his secondary education initially…
CORONATION Christian school says it would continue to strive hard in maintaining high standard of discipline at the school. Principal Adrian Dorovia highlighted this at the school’s graduation and closing program on Wednesday. Coronation will continue to uphold and promote high standard of discipline to see discipline at the school improve. The event was held…
Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) for East Kwaio ward 18 Alick Butala has opened a legal action against political rival Jude Kaefia. This was for discrediting his status in this paper’s letters to the editor dated December 2. In the letter Mr Kaefia alleged that Mr Butala has a sexual relationship with a high school…
Moves to increase safety standards for fisheries observers have run into unexpected headwinds to the Tuna Commission leaving Pacific negotiators frustrated. The Pacific through the Forum Fisheries Agency now has over 800 observers in the region deployed on fishing vessels, mainly on purse seine vessels which have 100% coverage. Less than 5% coverage of the…
THE chief technical advisor for the Fundamental Reform Program, within the Office of the Prime Minister says the work on the anti-corruption Bill is now complete and should be ready for the next parliament session. Moses Saitala in an exclusive interview with the Solomon Star said his team had completed all their work on the…
Victims of the Kwaibaita flood in East Malaita finally receive their food relief supplies after two months of waiting. This was confirmed by the Provincial Member for ward 16 Finely Fiumae in an interview with this paper on Wednesday. Mr Fiumae said the task of delivering the 2,500 rice bags was not easy especially when…
FFA — Solomon Islands has listed five key issues the Tuna Commission needs to take decisive action on during this week’s 13th WCPFC meeting underway in Fiji. Solomon Islands undersecretary (Technical) to the Ministry of Fisheries, Ferral Lasi said radical management initiatives are needed to address the severely overfished Northern Bluefin tuna fishery. “The current…
THE country will join the globe to celebrate 2016 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) today. In Honiara a walk to fight against corruption will be staged this morning. The message for this year’s anti-corruption day (IACD) is that corruption impacts negatively on our future, our children’s future, our resources, our democracy and the development of Solomon…
AN outspoken man from Russell Islands has called on the government to take the lead in any reconciliation program amongst tribes in Russell islands. Simon Geataven said this after a group of foreign investor – Land Economic Management & Conservation (LEMCO) with locals have visited the islands and organized a reconciliation ceremony with tribes Keruval,…