RESIDENTS of the Gold Ridge and Turarana areas in Central Guadalcanal will no longer need to cross the Tinahulu River by foot. Early this week, they celebrated the opening of a new multi-million-dollar bridge at Tinahulu. It was constructed by Wanguo International Mining Group Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development using tax…
A USD15 million project to support climate change adaptation and risk-resilience building across the country’s nine provinces was officially launched in Honiara on Friday. The multi-million-dollar funding is provided under the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) project. LoCAL project is part of the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to support climate change adaptation…
THE Malaita Provincial Youth Council has expressed its admiration for the business development initiatives undertaken by the youths of Ambu village in the Aoke-Langalanga Constituency of Malaita Province. The Ambu youths recently launched a poultry project after several of their leaders participated in an online learning platform simulation supported by the Mala I Tolo organization and learned about entrepreneurship and other relevant courses.…
THE multi-million-dollar Auki Road Tar Sealing Project, funded by the People’s Republic of China(PRC), has commenced with survey work. The survey conducted by the project contractor, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), started last week. The survey team comprises three CCECC and two local survey experts. A member of the CCECC team, Wang Cheng Liang informed the Solomon Star that the road survey work for the Auki Tar Sealing Project has been…
THE former police officer who obtained $40,000 under false pretence from a man in 2019 is now serving a one year and 10 months imprisonment term. She was also ordered to undergo spiritual counselling whilst in prison on the topics of ‘Falsehood vs being Truthful, Freedom in Christ, Living in Contentment and Peace and Truth…
NEW trial dates will be fixed on Friday for former Health Ministry workers charged in connection to the $10 million scandal within the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in 2012 and 2013. This was after their trial which was scheduled to start on Monday 28 October was vacated due to an urgent family issue…
THE Central Islands Provincial Government has allocated 18 plots of land to build houses for Tulagi Hospital staff. This initiative will definitely address Tulagi Hospital’s shortage of staff houses, according to the Central Islands Province Premier Michael Salini. He was speaking at the handover ceremony of renovated hospital buildings under Phase 1 of the Tulagi…
A COMMITAL hearing will be conducted this Friday on the matter of the man who allegedly killed another man at the Nazareth Apostolic Centre (NAC) area in Central Guadalcanal in August. The defendant Michael Manei is facing one count of Murder. His matter was mentioned in court on Monday and the Public Prosecutor John Wesley…
PROSECUTION will be assessing the bulk case file containing the matter of a man facing multiple false pretences and uttering false document charges before preparing the disclosures. The defendant Chrisbane Habala, 47, is facing 11 counts of False Pretences and 18 counts of Uttering a False Document. He appeared in the Honiara Magistrate Court for…
FIVE provinces have been lifted from the Disclaimer of Audit Opinion since the commencement of the Provincial Governance Strengthening Programme (PGSP). These are Central Islands, Isabel, Western, Choiseul and Temotu Provinces. This was revealed by the Minister for Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS), Wayne Ghemu when delivering his remarks at the launching of the…