Our Telekom provide an exciting family fun run for the public in Auki to commemorate the 39th Malaita Second Appointed day over the weekend. The fun run brought men, women, youths, and children turn out in numbers to socialize and at the same time try their luck to grab prizes on offer for each category. Our…
CLINICS in Malaita Province have recorded a high number of flu-related cases over the past weeks. Flu has reportedly spread throughout the communities and schools in the province forcing few schools to temporally suspend their last week. Laugwata and Aligegeo schools in Malaita are the latest victims of the flu virus. Deputy Head Teacher of…
SELWYN College is today sending home over 300 of its students who are down with flu as it awaits further decision on whether to continue classes or close the school. In a statement today (Sunday 14th August) the school administration said the dramatic rise in flu-like-symptoms has affected both students and staff since last week…
ATHLETES returning from the Commonwealth Games are questioning why they are the only ones in quarantine since their arrival into the country. The athletes arrived in Honiara on Friday last week from Birmingham, England, However, in a recent statement, the athletes said they arrived and were told to go into quarantine while the rest of…
THE Minister for Culture and Tourism, Bartholomew Parapolo, has warned the Bloody Ridge Community of the presence of unexploded bombs and flammable chemicals within the 40-hectare Bloody Ridge National Peace Park. The Bloody Ridge is located on the eastern outskirts of Honiara, near New Zealand Camp and the Honiara International Airport. Minister Parapolo issued the…
A LARGE number of students attending Vonunu National Secondary School on Vella, Western Province have been caught and warned after being caught selling and using the well known ‘Kopen’ drug at the school. Reports reaching this paper on Friday said, over 100 students from form one to form six have been questioned by the Vonunu…
DIRECTORS of Gold Ridge Community Investments Limited [GCIL] have visited the Gold Ridge Mine project in Central Guadalcanal, Friday. It was reported that in 2015, the GCIL bought the St. Barbara abandoned gold mine after heavy downpour and flash flooding washed away the bridge connecting Honiara and the mine site. According to Benjamin Afuga St.…
POLICE Chief Mostyn Mangau has described the incident in which two girls aged 11 and 10 were allegedly sexually abused in Makira/Ulawa Province by an adult male as “barbaric and evil”. He said the man in his 40’s has neglected his duty as an adult to protect young females or children against sexual offences. “As…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has turned down a MARA government invitation to attend Malaita Provinces 39th Second Appointed Day anniversary celebrations in Auki, Malaita Province, as the Guest of Honour. Malaita Province’s Second Appointed Day celebrations will be held next Monday, August 15. The Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani confirmed to this paper that an…
Are the executives of SIPEU protecting the interest of their members? UNTIL now no one suspects anything amiss about the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union (SIPEU) – a body set up to protect and advance the rights and interests of thousands of its members. Now some of SIPEU’s executive members are under thick smog. Amongst…