The former Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, David Tome, accused of converting $80,000 of constituency fund will appear in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court for the closing submission on his matter. Principal Magistrate Ricky Iomea will then set a date for the judgment after hearing the closing submissions at 1.30pm today. The…
A SPECIALIST from the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) urges locals from Balasuna areas to eat balance diet every day during meal time. James Yu was speaking at an integrated workshop held at Balasuna in North-East Guadalcanal on Friday. “Its important these days that you eat balance diet to control non communicable disease (NCD) that is…
MORE than 30 farmers, students and teachers of Balasuna Bible College in North East Guadalcanal attended a one day integrated workshop on Friday. The training was organised by Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) at Balasuna. The workshop offered knowledge on how to manage a farm to reach its maximum production in the most efficient way. The…
THE newly constructed Anorara Taba’a eight kilometer road has been extended further into the mountains in East Kwara’ae, Malaita Province. The graveling of the road has now moved further up Gwounahau village, reports reaching the paper said. Twelve communities will soon have direct access to Malaita provincial capital for the first time as soon as…
THE National Statistics Office (NSO) has met with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) recently over the National Agriculture Survey Project 2017 (NASP). The meeting with the FAO representatives is to; · Discuss the National Agriculture Survey Project 2017 (NASP) data analysis and report writing including launching and dissemination · …
The public is urged to understand the work of Search and Rescue (S&R) as coordinators of collective efforts to rescue or track down missing boats at sea, but not their responsibility to respond instantly to sea tragedies. That’s according to Bob Ridol of Search & Rescue Office. Within the office…
THE Holy Cross Cathedral choir ministry over the weekend successfully held their retreat program at Don Bosco Henderson Dominican formation house in East Honiara. The event was held on 18th -20th May with their retreat master Sr Lina MA from Philippine. She serve in the archdiocese of Honiara as missionary of assumption and she present…
HEARTS of Hope (HOH) charitable organization based in Malaita province has received a timely donation from the Helping Hand group from New Zealand. Helping Hand has sent a container of clothes, blankets and shoes to Hearts of Hope last week. This timely was made possible through and Jeanette and Mrs Frank Short to Hearts of…
THE demand for students to study Bible remains high at the Balasuna Bible College (BBC) in North East Guadalcanal this year. This was revealed by the College principal Leonard Letana in an interview with the Solomon Star last week saying more people would like to come and do their studies there. “This year, we have…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has been accorded a red carpet welcome in Taipei, Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan. The Prime Minister was given a guard of honour at a state ceremony held at the presidential palace on Monday. Prime Minister Houenipwela also held bilateral talks with the ROC Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The Prime Minister…