AUSTRALIA’S Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Brett Mason, on Friday announced his country will provide an additional AUD$2 million to assist ongoing recovery efforts following April’s devastating floods here. The disaster claimed 23 lives, displaced thousands and inflicted widespread damage to local infrastructure, including critical bridges and roads. Senator Mason made…
THE four-day workshop on family violence and youth justice ended on Friday at the Honiara Hotel conference room on a high note. Facilitator of this workshop Justice Peter Boshier, who is the Chief Judge of New Zealand family court, said this is the most active workshop he has ever been to. Members of the judiciary,…
COORDINATOR of the Christian Care Centre, Sister Doreen Awaiasi says she is very happy to be part of the family violence and youth justice workshop that ended on Friday. Sister Doreen said the workshop has given her the opportunity to sit face to face with other stakeholders and especially the judges and magistrates to discuss…
MANY may not be familiar with what is Mothers Union (MU) and what this Christian organisation is doing. On a fundraising held a fortnight ago at Iron Bottom Sound hotel, the church of Melanesia Mothers Union president Edith Koete highlighted the history of MU. Some guests at the fundraising have came to know MU is…
FORUM Solomon Islands International (FSII) has partnered with Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) and other local civil society groups to promote clean election campaigns. TSI Executive Officer Daniel Fenua expressed his gratitude for collaborating with some of the powerful society groups in the country. “I am happy that that you have shown commitment to be part…
PRIME Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum and Trade Expo is an important opportunity to promote business and investments in “our country”. Speaking in Brisbane yesterday at the 6th Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum and Trade Expo, Mr Lilo said that during his time as Prime Minister he kept attending…
THE Government is urged to seriously consider calls to settle the issue surrounding the city boundary. Tandai chiefs, landowners, and people of north west Guadalcanal made the call this week. Spokesman for the Tandai chiefs John Batista Nano said the issue of town boundary is of great concern and priority to his people that must…
OUR Telekom on Friday opened its brand new office right next to its headquarters in Honiara. The office used to be the building housing Bank South Pacific (BSP). The newly opened building will serve as Our Telekom’s Signature and Customer Care Centre. Chairman of Our Telekom board Harry Kama said the company will use the…
A CORPSE believed to be that of the skipper of an outboard motor canoe carrying seven people that went missing in Western Province two weeks ago was found in the Marovo lagoon, Wednesday. The decomposed body, as well as the boat and engine, were discovered some kilometres outside of Batuna in central Marovo, police say.…
PRIVATE consultant Charles Bice Rina could have been $12,000 richer without a single sweat. But the Pan Oceanic Bank customer preferred an honest earning and decided to return the $12,000 he was mistakenly given by a bank teller on Wednesday when he was cashing his cheque. Mr Rina told the Solomon Star he went to…