I’m proud of the boys: Kabui
By Taromane Martin MALAITA Eagles U-19 football team Captain Frank Kabui says he is proud of the achievement of their team after an unbeaten run to win the 2018 Youth Solomon Cup U-19 title yesterday. Kabui who was also…
January 18, 2018
Eagles clinches U-19 crown
This is for all Malaita people: Wanedala By Taromane Martin MALAITA Eagles provincial U-19 football team are the champions of the 2018 Youth Solomon Cup after defeating Central Shields 5-2 in their final round robin match yesterday at the…
SAMOA PM AGAINST THE ROUTINE ARMING OF POLICE
DEAR Editor, Radio New Zealand International today, 17 January 2018 (quote) “Samoa’s police minister, who is also the prime minister, says arming police officers was not an option while they performed their normal duties. “Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi was responding to…
ONE COUNTY ONE PRODUCT PROJECT: LEARNING FROM THAILAND.
DEAR Editor, I was delighted to read in today’s edition of the Solomon Star that the Director General of the Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) Mrs. Suphatra Srimaitreehithak had met with the Supervising Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign…
REVEALING ROAD TRAFFIC STATISTICS FOR 2017
DEAR Editor, The Police Supervising Director of the Kukum Police Traffic Department reported to the Solomon Star last week that the SIPF Traffic Department had recorded a total of 1583 related incidents, including 7 fatalities, in 2017. Here is a…
GP education achieves milestone – 100 percent pass rate
GUADALCANAL Education has achieved another education milestone for academic year 2017 into 2018. Guadalcanal Provincial Minister Hon Lazarus Rina proudly announced that Guadalcanal Province has achieved 100 percent pass rate and placement for all grade six students to commence form…
I have no time for political gambling: Hou
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela says he has no time for political gambling. The Prime Minister was responding to a front page article in the Island Sun on Tuesday which claimed that a senior government minister is masterminding a plot to…
Mamaloni family want name cleared from land row
By Mike Puia CHILDREN of former Prime Minister, the late Solomon Mamaloni, want their name cleared from a row in the Henderson area, east Honiara, which stemmed from a land boundary dispute. The row is between Samlimsan Logging Company, which…
Police alerted of man killed by crocodile in Guadalcanal
POLICE in the Guadalcanal Province are calling on people residing alongside rivers, streams, creeks and coastal areas in the province to take the necessary precaution at all times following the death of man believed to have been killed by a…
Most public places unsafe for girls
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO A meeting between the Solomon Islands Safer City for Girls and Australian delegation revealed that most public places in the capital (Honiara) are unsafe for girls. This is because most public places are without street lights,…