Since the washing away of the old Mataniko bridge in Chinatown last Thursday vehicles and pedestrians have been badly affected by the cut-off. For over nearly a week the public have to travel further by foot and vehicle and crossed the main Mataniko bridge inorder to reach the Point Cruz area or Chinatown. And this…
The East Malaita region which was affected by last week’s flash floods has called on the national disaster management office (NDMO) to carryout assessment on the remote region. In October last year, the region was also badly affected by flood and was declared a disaster zone where they were aided with relief supplies. Eight months…
QUEEN Elizabeth II has send deepest condolences to the Government and people of Solomon Islands following the devastating floods that killed at least 23 people and left thousands homeless. In a message to the Governor General Sir Frank Kabui on Monday 7th April, the Queen said she was deeply saddened to learn of the devastating…
KENTON Foafasi was still packing his family’s belonging at their Koa Hill home when Mataniko river bursts its bank last Thursday. “All of a sudden the waters and debris came rushing through,” the 24-year-old recalled as he lay in his hospital bed at the National Referral Hospital last weekend. “Our house was the first to…
A CONSIGNMENT of clothes and cooking utensil is on its way to Honiara to assist in relief efforts now underway. Western provincial premier Robert Pye Kuve formally handed the consignment to provincial disaster officer Silas Arukwai, provincial disaster chairman Eric Kikolo before they were loaded onboard local ferry – MV Fair Glory. The boat left…
THE United Kingdom government has announced it will help thousands of people whose homes and livelihoods have been washed away by floods last week. Flash floods last week have affected over 50,000 people and left 10,000 people in evacuation centres. Thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed in the capital Honiara and Guadalcanal province…
THE Japanese government is providing relief assistance worth a million dollar to flood stricken areas of Honiara and parts of Guadalcanal. Satoshi Nakajima, Ambassador and Chargés d’affaires at the Embassy of Japan on Wednesday announced that the Japanese Government will assist in providing emergency relief supplies. This was in response to the request made by…
THREE containers of rice have been prepared and sent to flash flood victims of North East Guadalcanal on Wednesday. Member of Parliament for North East Guadalcanal, Dr Derek Sikua helped pay for the rice which were loaded and delivered to polling stations in the constituency. Guadalcanal plain was one of the worst hit areas in…
WORLD Vision water experts are racing to get clean water to children and their families in evacuation centres across Honiara. “With only 60 percent of Honiara’s water supply working, and confirmation that the water supply is contaminated, there is a real risk of wide-spread disease outbreak,” said Dr Andrew Catford, World Vision Solomon Islands Country…
MANY approved bills were never implemented, the leader of opposition said in Parliament on Wednesday. Speaking during the second reading of the ‘Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Bill 2014’, Dr Derek Sikua urged the Ministry of Justice to ensure funds are ready to implement the Bill. “I think that would be one of the things that I…