Ruavatu school ‘saved’ from closing down NORTHEAST Guadalcanal Constituency’s recently elected MP, Ethel Lency Vokia, has ‘saved’ Ruavatu Provincial Secondary School from closing down, according to its Principal, Sister Veronica Poki. This fate of the School – said to be one of Guadalcanal Province’s premiere schools – was revealed by Sister Poki earlier this…
Chengs company Ltd in Honiara is organising a ‘CleanOp’ initiative this Saturday. It’s the first of its kind to be staged by the company. The cleanup effort will take place in the Kukum area. It will kick off from the Chengs building at Kukum, starting at 2.30 pm. Youth groups within the Kukum area, church youths,…
• Vaccine will be launched on Wednesday• PM first to be vaccinated The first batch of the 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will touch down at the Honiara International Airport at 2 pm today. According to an informant within the government, the vaccine will arrive at 2 pm at the Honiara International Airport…
Will other constituencies follow West New Georgia’s ‘Experiment’? THE nation’s 172 wards could expect to get direct budgetary funding from the national government if an ‘experiment’ being trialed by the West New Georgia Constituency in Western Province proved successful, it was disclosed yesterday. West New Georgia MP, Silas Tausinga, yesterday formally signed a Memorandum…
Commissioner of Lands (CoL) Alan Mcneil has issued one notice to retrieve (resume) the land at Ranadi sold by Honiara City Council (HCC) to Excellent Resources Management Limited and Asian Company. The land is for Biosecurity work, a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Media Unit said. The move to reclaim…
CONTEMPORARY musical artists from Honiara who are visiting Western province as part of a tour have raised $2,029 for the Gizo Hospital. Steggah, Cape, and Ismuki were among other artists supported by Gizo Hotel Management that hosted a music show at the Gizo’s Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) building, and calling on members of the public…
PASSENGERS travelling the North Road in Malaita Province are being forced to pay an extra $30 for at least a month now since the breakdown of Dala bridge. According to travelling passengers interviewed over the weekend, they said the actual fare from Auki to Head road of the North road only stands at…
THE charges against the man accused of selling fake scholarships to three people and obtained $10,000 were withdrawn on Monday due to insufficient evidence. The trial on those three counts of false pretence against John Folia was scheduled to start on Monday before Principal Magistrate Fatima Taeburi. However, appearing in court on Monday, Public Prosecutor…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has visited the Solomon Islands Institute of Sports (SIIS) to witness first-hand, the progress on the work of the first-ever dedicated investment to Sports Development in Solomon Islands. The Prime Minister was also accompanied by his Cabinet Ministers and other Government MPs, a statement from Prime Ministers Press Secretariat said. Speaking…
A JUDGE has told an elderly chief from Isabel who sexually assaulted his 11-year-old grand-niece twice in 2019 that his behaviour towards the complainant is not one that is expected of him as a chief. Judge Maelyn Bird made these remarks when sentencing the 59-year-old to four years in prison after pleading guilty to two…