Faces deportation from PNG Alleged local fraudster Walter Hubert Kwanafia is awaiting deportation after police in Papua New Guinea arrested him. Police and Immigration in Honiara are now liaising with the Solomon Islands High Commission in Port Moresby as well as their counterparts there to have Kwanafia sent back this week. Kwanafia, who was alleged…
FULL disclosures are yet to be made to the five people charged in connection to the $10 million scandal within the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. This matter came before the court on Wednesday and was further adjourned to June 14. The short adjournment was made after the defence counsels objected to a long…
A YOUNG woman with disabilities accused of stealing a pair of shoe from her blind friend will appear again at the Honiara Magistrates’ Court on June 6. The adjournment was made for her to see her lawyer and for her lawyer to appear in court on that day. This was after she appeared in court…
AN elderly couple have been arrested at Gilbert Camp settlement in east Honiara on Tuesday for illegally selling Kwaso. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley on Wednesday at his weekly conference said the couple were arrested after police executed a search warrant at their house on Tuesday afternoon. “That was an operation targeting the illegal distribution of…
TOBACCO DILEMMA THE country may soon see a third tobacco company in the market. The revelation comes as World No Tobacco Day was marked in Honiara on Wednesday. Director of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and Country Focal Point for Tobacco Control Dr Geoff Kenilorea told the Solomon Star a third tobacco company is eying the local…
TWO guns and a number of bullets have been surrendered to police since the commencement of the amnesty, last Monday. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley revealed this to journalists on Wednesday at his weekly media conference at Rove Police headquarters. “At this point in time, we have quite a number of rounds of ammunition and two…
A drama depicting the old and new Selwyn College would be performed during next month’s 46th anniversary of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM)-owned secondary school. Produced and directed by former student, local artist and musician Selwyn Do’oro, the drama would be shown as an audio-visual performance during the anniversary. As such he calls on…
DEAD BODY GONE BAD BAD odour from an unclaimed body at the National Referral Hospital’s morgue has gone from bad to worse. The male body was that of a man killed in a hit-and-run accident in the early hours of last Saturday in the Kukum area. When the Solomon Star visited the morgue last night,…
The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has announced a net profit of $122million as of 31st September 2016. A statement from the Prime Minister Press Secretariat said Chairman of Board of Directors for SIPA, Billy Titiulu made the announcement last Friday 26th May 2017 whilst handing over the SI{A annual reports for the years 2011…
Auki police has called on all Malaitans who are still holding onto firearms to surrender them to police while the final amnesty and voluntary surrender period is still open. The final amnesty period started from May 22 and will expire next Friday – the 9th of June. The Auki deputy Provincial Police Commander Timothy Apaesi…