THE radiography service at the Gizo Hospital in the Western Provincial Capital is currently out of service due to technical issues with its only x-ray machine. This was confirmed to Solomon Star by the Western Provincial Health Director Dr Dickson Boara on Friday. “Yes, the x-ray machine is not working at the moment,” he said briefly when asked by…
BURI Community High School (CHS) in North Ranoggah, Western Province, plans to introduce its first form six in 2025. That’s according to the School Principal Owen Kelly Bulehite following the school’s annual graduation recently. He said this was a long time wish for the school board, administration and the community. Principal Bulehite said, work on completing the…
The Institute of Solomon Islands Accountants (ISIA) has initiated implementation of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) requirements on its public practitioners starting in 2024 onwards. This means that members of the Institute who are registered as public practitioners will be required to submit records of their CPD activities and hours at the end of this year…
AN Anglican deacon has called on communities in Tulagi and the entire Central Islands Province to take ownership of the renovated Tulagi Hospital facilities by taking care of them. Reverend Charles Sagulige made the call in his speech at the handing over of the renovated facilities under Phase One of the World Bank-funded Tulagi Hospital…
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…