‘Living on top a man-made volcano’ HONIARA City Council (HCC) and Guadalcanal Province together with the national government must now take the threats of UXO to the public of Honiara and Guadalcanal very seriously. Former Special Secretary to the Government Andrew Muaki told this paper yesterday. His call came after an aviation engineer at…
• U.S affirmed support to deal with UXOs• More than 70% of WW2 bomb still alive UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Erin McKee says they are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic incident in Honiara this past weekend and mourn the loss of life.…
Bomb blast kills top local aviation engineer and youth leader GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Aviation and Communication (MCA) is mourning the loss of one of our top local qualified aviation engineers who was killed in a bomb blast incident yesterday. Raziv Hilly, from Vella La Vella and Rannoggah in Western Province, was one of…
Dear Editor – I wish to express by concern over a recent incident at the Gizo Hospital, Western Province. On Wednesday 5th May, I was very sick and went to Gizo Hospital at around 7.30 pm. When I arrived at the outpatient I could not see any nurse. I asked a patient and he said,…
Dear Editor – The Royal Solomon Islands Police have been called upon to exercise its mandate and ultimate responsibilities to safeguard and upheld the Laws of our country, and in applying the law it must be done with utmost fairness. No one is above the LAW, including and significantly those foreign logging companies who have…
BEING an unemployed and house wife is always a very difficult and challenging task just to keep a family alive by finding means to survive the next day. Meet Julie Ben Korini, who is one amongst many mothers who are self-employed. For many years she was able to find ways to support her small family…
A Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) vehicle have been damaged after an incident of rock throwing which involves more than 20 youths at Stone Field area at Kaibia heights in Central Honiara on 8 May 2021. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City Police, Superintendent John Matamaru says,” Frontline officers at Central Police Station received…
A family in North East Guadalcanal are appealing for support from the public to help them in aid of one of their family member who will be having a Heart surgery that will be taking place in Australia. Due to the current unavailability of Heart Surgery here at the National Referral Hospital, Primo Jimmy and…
Malaita for Democracy (M4D) President, Knoxly Atu has called on the national government to respect the Auki Communique by not allowing any Chinese company to involve in the road upgrade projects in Malaita Province. Mr. Atu raised the concern in an interview with the Sunday Star in Auki this week. He said the Auki Communique…
Solomon Islands is expected to begin using 50,000 doses of China’s SINOPHARM COVID-19 vaccine soon following approval for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO). The approval means the SINOPHARM vaccine is the first Chinese COVID-19 vaccine to be added to the COVAX facility. Solomon Islands has received about 24, 000 AstraZeneca vaccine which…