Life-Saving Services Heading South By ANDREW FANASIA “Avoidable deaths can only be avoided if we have proper health and medical facilities on the island of Ulawa”. This sentiment was echoed by a lone Registered Nurse, Judith Rose Ahukeni of Taheramo area health clinic on Ulawa Island. Ms Rose was doing her house chores at her…
THREE customers in Auki, Malaita province on Monday demanded the refund of their money from Low Price Enterprise, following an unpleasant discovery of bags of rice sold by the superstore. They were astonished when they opened the bags of rice only to found insects inside the bags. Solomon Star was made known of the incident, by…
THOSE currently harvesting or buying bechedemer in Malaita are urged to pay for their business licence. Caretaker premier Peter Ramohia made the call, Monday. “We’ve learned many bechedemer dealers who got their licences from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) failed to visit the provincial office in Auki before going out to Ontong…
CARETAKER Prime Minister Rick Hou will officially launch the Democratic Alliance Party (DAP) Manifesto Tuesday, in Honiara. The program will kick off at 4pm at the Saint Barnabas Hall. The Democratic Alliance Party (DAP) manifesto presents the vision and policies of the Party to the Solomon Islands’ electorate and the population at large for the…
TEMOTUANS have expressed deep concern on why the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) did not quickly deploy a Radiographer to operate the x-ray machine at Lata Hospital. This paper was informed that there is no radiographer at the Lata Hospital, since 2016. Number of patients speaking in an exclusive interview says doctors and…
MORE drugs are ready for distribution to hospitals and clinics across the country following their recent arrival and release from the Solomon Islands Ports Authority. This was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury and Supervising Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, McKinnie Dentana. Dentana said…
OFFICERS of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) are investigating an alleged robbery at sea between Ngella and Guadalcanal, Sunday. It is alleged that the robbery took place around 4:30 pm on 20 January 2019 at sea, and the three suspects escaped in a blue ray boat. RSIPF Assistant Commissioner Provincial, Joseph Manelugu says,…
Virivolomo tells court of $10M payment By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN TRIAL into the case of the outgoing MP for Savo/Russell accused of converting $3milion intended to purchase a ship for his constituency in 2013 started yesterday. Mua is standing trial for one count of conversion before Chief Magistrate Emma Garo. So far two witnesses have completed…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has underpinned a plan to abolish the Standard six entry exam – Solomon Islands Secondary Entrance (SISE). This matter was made known to this paper by Mrs Gladys Siale, an officer within the Ministry. She mentioned this in her speech on Friday last week during the…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services now has a new Permanent Secretary- Pauline Boseto McNeil. With the new addition to the number of female Permanent Secretaries in the country, this now brings the total number to four women. Women from all backgrounds across the country and especially women in the health and medical sector…