The National Youth Parliament (NYP) event that was supposed to happen on 26th to 29th September has now been moved to 10th -14th October 2016. The decision to postpone this event is to give enough time for letters and other information to reach all schools that will be participating, since some of these schools are…
Government has re-engaged the service of 20 Politically Appointed (PA) officers whose contracts have expired early this year. This was announced on Monday by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC). The Office stated this was made after the final review for performance-based appraisals of Political Appointees (PA’s) by PMO senior officials. The…
THERE is no possibility of any presence of an atomic bomb left behind in the territories of Solomon Islands during the Second World War, Commander Etienne Mulder of Royal Australian Navy has assured the nation. He was responding to a question during a media press conference on Thursday, which raises curiosity among citizens about any…
DEPUTY Mayor of Honiara City and Chairman of Finance Charles Aiwosuga, has made a strong appeal to all business houses, vehicle owners and retail shops within the City to pay up their Business Licenses. He made the call following lack of payment from some business owners on their licences to operate within the City, as…
THE MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Health and Medical Services have agreed to extend the timeframe of the scholarship programme with Cuba. This was despite debate in the media that doctors trained in Cuba are not performing well in the clinical areas compared to doctors trained in regional universities in Papua New Guinea…
The Malaita Provincial Police Commander (PPC) acting Timothy Apaesi has called on the Malaita general public to remain clam and stay out of politics and let politicians deal with politics. The PPC acting made the call on Thursday ahead of the motion of no confidence to oust the Malaita Premier Peter Chanel Ramoihia and his…
THE Parliamentary Opposition Group says the Minister of Finance may be in breach of section 52(1)(a) of the Public Finance Management Act 2013, which requires him to table the mid-year review report on the execution of the 2016 budget within seven months from the start of the financial year. In a statement on Thursday, the…
ONE of the telecommunication providers in the country and Honiara City’s largest network provider Bmobile-Vodafone has launched yet another of its attractive data product, last week. Called the Data-Club, the product is set to bring in superior quality data in affordable pack size. This new product was launched after the company just recently finished their…
MORE Bmobile-Vodafone customers over the weekend have been utilizing the Uni14 product of the telecommunication company after the successful launch of the D-Club, last Friday. Speaking to the Solomon Star, a faithful customer of Bmobile-Vodafone Lazarus Kwairi lauded the company for such data upgrade done with the Uni14 product. “Now, I don’t have to spend…
GUADALCANAL police have arrested a man at Tenaru, East Honiara on Tuesday afternoon for brewing the illegal home brew, Kwaso. Deputy Police Commissioner Gabrial Manelusi during the police press conference on Thursday said the suspect was arrested while in the process of brewing Kwaso. “Police raided the area and confiscated the Kwaso, a 45 cylinder…