THE Gold Ridge Community and Landowners Council [GRCLC] has called for an urgent review of a subsidiary agreement it signed with Gold Ridge Mining Ltd in 1996. Among other things, the agreement provides for $10 million in infrastructure community projects such as roads and water supplies over five years from 1996. That’s $2 million a…
SEGHE Rural Training Centre is a full-time Residential Training institution and is affiliated with the Solomon Islands Association of Vocational Rural Training Centre (SIAVRTC). The center is run by the United Church in Solomon Islands. Saturday of last week, the school was pleased to have received from the New Zealand Government a new workshop Classroom…
Solomon Cup kicks off today THE Solomon Cup tournament is set to kick off at the Lawson Tama Stadium today. The opening match today will feature Guadalcanal Hornets and Western Tomoko at 1 pm. The second match will see the defending champions; Malaita Eagles take on Lauru Kuvojo at 4 pm to wrap up…
IT’S the time of the year again for pineapples to be in season and once again, Auki market in the Malaita Province has abounded with the crop. The most popular region known for farming the tropical crop is in West Kwaio where local farmers have been engaged in growing pineapple for many years. Since October,…
The Malaysian Durian tree is starting to gain popularity amongst rural farmers in Malaita province. Information reaching Solomon Star Auki said that Local Durian tree growers in West Kwara’ae have silently benefitted from the sale of durian fruits to Asian loggers in the province. Local Durian tree growers at Dioro near Dala research Centre in…
I WAS shocked when my name was announced as the recipient of the Baton of Honor for the Sir Baddley Devesi Correctional Services Solomon Islands new recruit award. This was how an overwhelmed Jason Korini felt when his name was announced for the award. The baton of honor was handed to him by the CSSI…
POLICE will be out monitoring vessels and small boats in Honiara and throughout the provinces next month as we are heading towards the festive seasons again. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau said they are looking at starting the operation in the second week of December. “That is when most boats will be travelling out to the…
POLICE are still carrying out investigations in relation to last month’s nurses’ “sit-in protest” and had not yet made any arrest. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau made this response when asked by a journalist at his weekly conference for an update on their investigation into this matter. “We are still investigating the matter based on evidence,”…
Police to provide data on Facebook abusive complaints POLICE Commissioner Mostyn Mangau says he will provide the number of complaints relating to abusive contents on Facebook they received so far, next week. At his last week’s conference, Mangau told reporters there were several complaints of abusive content targeting politicians and individuals on Facebook. “There were…