The Helena Goldie Hospital in Munda, Western Province is reportedly still without a medical doctor. A doctor who was supposed to be posted there was still on leave, leaving the hospital with no choice but to patiently wait for him to resume his duties. This was confirmed by the Hospital’s secretary Soraya Pina. “A medical…
MINISTER for Fisheries John Maneniaru on Wednesday met with the landowners of Suafa bay and Malaita provincial government to discuss the proposed Suafa Bay cannery. The proposed cannery is one of the national projects earmarked for Malaita province by past governments. Malaita provincial secretary Patrick Taloboe told the paper yesterday that the meeting was a…
The Honiara City Council Works Division waste disposal unit has been briefed on how to improve on waste collection. The brief training was conducted by Mike Savage, Contract Manager for the EnviroWay, a New Zealand based company. Director for the Works Division John Labu said, the New Zealand Government has responded positively through a request…
CLOSE to 136 students left yesterday for Fiji in the seventh charter flight organised by the Solomon Islands Government. Nine charters are being earmarked to get all the students over to Fiji. Of the nine charters, seven have been completed leaving two remaining charters to be done before the end of this week. The seventh…
A National Cocoa Testing Laboratory was officially opened yesterday afternoon in Honiara. The ceremony was officiated by the visiting Australian Parliamentary Secretary the Hon Steven Ciobo and the Minister for Commerce, Industries, Labour & Immigration, William Marau. Located within the Commodity Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) office, the new laboratory enables exporters for the first time…
The Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) will celebrate its 10th anniversary next week. A statement from the association said, this will coincide with the bi-monthly SIWIBA Mere’s Market for the month of February. To celebrate the 10 years journey, the SIWIBA Secretariat has arranged an extra two days for Mere’s Market, which starts…