BY JENNIFER KUSAPA PRINCIPAL Magistrate Fatimah Taeburi has raised concerns over the delay in police investigations which are leading to an increase in pending court cases. Taeburi voiced this yesterday when prosecution admitted that they were still waiting for investigators…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI A good number of Chinese nationals are currently engaged in illegal Beche-de-mer trading in the country. A source tells Island Sun that around 20 are in the Lord Howe islands, trading beche-de-mer without work permits. 90 percent…
Dear Editor, THE online webpage of the Solomon Star newspaper continues to feature an editorial piece, first published on 16 November 2017, relating to an allegation of unlawful detention and assault by the RSIPF reported by two youths. Without going…
Dear Editor MY recent letter to the media mentioning that the Indian Prime Minister had promised in 2015, to provide several of the smaller islands states in the Pacific region, including the Solomon Islands, lighting for 200 homes in each…
PM defuses internal row over chief of staff appointment – Djokovic or Usuramo, new post created By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Ricky Hou has used his management skills in defusing an internal row which has the potential to tear his…
Parents’ last hopes rest on MEHRD as uncertainty over children’s future troubles them BY BARNABAS MANEBONA PARENTS of students who sat this year’s examination are still uncertain and are worrying over their children’s future. Speaking with Island Sun, a parent…
THE Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) carried an alarming story this week on the occasion of World Diabetes Day. This is what the SIBC reported. “Diabetes cases at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) Diabetes Clinic are increasing every day, local health…
SOLOMON Islands new Prime Minister has said his government will not forget its traditional development partners and seek to work ever closely with them in seeing to the needs of the nation. The Solomon Islands must improve its renewable energy…
THE Solomon Islands has a new Prime Minister and a newly constituted body of Ministers to govern the nation until the next general election in 2018. Much is expected of the government given the relative poor state of the economy,…
PM’S LEADERSHIP STANCE ON WEST PAPUA, CHINA TO BE PUT UNDER THE TEST By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Ricky Hou’s leadership ability will be put to the test when Caucus and Cabinet meet to look at policy priority issues the…
