Solomon Star

For the seal attributed to Solomon, see Seal of Solomon.
Solomon Star
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)News Corp
Founded25 May 1982; 42 years ago (25 May 1982)
Websitewww.solomonstarnews.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Solomon Star is a Solomon Islands daily, English language[1] newspaper, launched on 25 May 1982. It is produced by the Solomon Star Company, whose owner, publisher and director was Father John Lamani, who served until his death in 2012.[2][3] Lamani was also one of the paper's co-founders.[1] The newspaper's editor, as of 2004, is Ofani Eremae.[4] In 2023, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project reported that the Solomon Star received almost $US140,000 from the Chinese government in return for pledges to "promote the truth about China's generosity and its true intentions."[5]

  1. ^ a b "Media couple show the new confidence in the Solomons" Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, Islands Business
  2. ^ "Noted Solomon Islands publisher dies". Radio New Zealand International. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  3. ^ "Solomon Star celebrates bi-centennial anniversary" [sic], Solomon Times, May 28, 2007
  4. ^ "Solomon Star Editor Named ACP Press Attache"[permanent dead link], Pacific Magazine, January 31, 2008
  5. ^ Carreon, Bernadette; Belford, Audrey (30 July 2023). "Solomon Islands Newspaper Promised to "Promote China" in Return for Funding". Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Retrieved 2023-09-03.