Doctor Regional Aipia, who was accused of catching and retaining Beche-de-mer during the ban period in 2013, is now a free man. This was after Principal Magistrate Augustine Aulanga had him acquitted of one count of catches and retains Beche-de-mer contrary to regulation 13A of the Fisheries (Amendment) Regulation 2009 and section 59 of the…
The forty Vietnamese who came on the blue wooden boats and stole our marine resources will be appearing in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court this Thursday. They came to the Honiara Magistrates’ Court yesterday but since there was no interpreter available, their matter was further adjourned. The crew members will appear together with the three captains…
The forty Vietnamese being detained at Rove Police Club for stealing our marine resources will appear in court today since they failed to pay their fine and the lapsing of their extended detention order. The illegal fishermen (captains excluded) were ordered by the magistrate court to pay a fine of USD$100 each (SBD$800), which totalled…
SINTA condemns action in strongest term A FOURTEEN year old male student at Panatina community high school (CHS) in east Honiara was bashed up which landed the victim at hospital, forcing the school to halt classes, last week. The incident occurred last Thursday at the school____s vicinity at about 8.30 to 9am, according to the…
Bad day for hundreds of graduating students HUNDREDS of Solomon Islands National University (SINU) students who were part of the 1,700 eligible graduates were turned back and refused entry into the Maranatha hall, on graduation day. This came following the omission of their names in the final listing of the eligible graduates. What was supposed…
Paoa FM’s Mothers’ day Super-8 knockout Competition for 2017 is all set for the Mothers’ Day weekend. Based on the theme, “A healthy Mother, A Healthy family”, Paoa FM had the idea of involving mothers in Sport on Saturday the 13th of May. This will be the third year for the Mother’s day games. The…
The Temotu Football Association (TFA) has trimmed their training squad in preparation for the upcoming Solomon Cup set for June this year, Honiara. TFA President Luke Lapoe told Star Sport from Lata,Temotu provincial capital that their training squad was trimmed to 28 players. “We are now working on our final squad that will represent the…
Malaita Cup will enter the final pool matches today before the knockout stages this coming Thursday. Features for today games is as follows; In the first game, North Malaita will take on Central Kwara____ae at 10am in the morning at Aligegeo. This will be followed by West Kwaio and East Kwaio game at 12pm. In…
IT____S against the law to assault someone being suspected of practising sorcery because its a criminal offense under our law. Therefore the public is being warned to refrain from assaulting people suspect of practicing sorcery on others or the law will punish them. Speaking to the Solomon Star Secretary to the Law Reform Commission (LRC)…
Citizens march to protest against murder of Chinese couple WEST HONIARA came to a standstill on Sunday afternoon after more than a thousand people took part in a solemn procession to condemn and denounce the barbaric killing of the Chinese couple murdered over the Easter weekend. The march kicked off from the Art Gallery to…