PERMANENT Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Lands, Housing & Survey Stanley Wale has reminded the public to be careful of conmen. He said certain conmen are going around with false land title documents and deceiving people to pay cash for their land title transfer. Speaking during the Public Accounts Committee hearing, Mr Wale said…
THE Renbel non-executive bench has maintained the legality of the budget that was passed by the executive in Tigoa, last Saturday, needs to be tested. The executive passed the Rennell and Bellona Appropriation Ordinance 2015-2016 without non-executive members bypassing the Public Accounts Committee. The budget, which is about $5 million, is by far the province’s…
HONIARA City Council (HCC) Mataniko dental clinic will open up for services to the public in Honiara next week. This was revealed by HCC Health Director Harvest Miabule. Speaking to the Solomon Star yesterday, Mr Miabule said, the clinic will open next Wednesday offering dental services. “At the moment, our works departments are doing final…
THE Mataniko dental clinic will have 16 dentists working to provide services to the public. The clinic will start its operation next Wednesday. HCC Health Director, Harvest Miabule said, this clinic will be equipped with more chairs and dentists to cater for the demand of dental services. Currently Kukum dental clinic is the only one…
The Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of states whose Secretariat is based in Brussels, Belgium has this week responded to the cyclone Pam relief appeal by the government of Vanuatu by sending a humanitarian Mission to Vanuatu. The objective of the ACP Humanitarian Mission to Vanuatu was to meet with government leaders; relevant authorities,…
Central Province Police in Tulagi are preparing well for the Easter celebration this coming weekend. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Fred Satu told the Solomon Star on Wednesday that his officers are preparing well and have identified areas that the operation will cover and monitored on Sunday and Easter Monday. He said, the operation will concentrate…
Families affected by the severe Tropical Cyclone Pam in Temotu Province will soon receive their relief items thanks to World Vision. More than 1,000 people in Temotu’s remote islands of Tikopia, Anuta and the Reef Islands have been badly affected with widespread damage and destruction to homes and livelihoods. World Vision Solomon Islands with the…
BAD weather and transport difficulties have been the main reason why the Ministry of Fisheries and Marines Resources (MFMR) has extended the harvesting period for sea cucumber (beche-de-mer) for a further one month. The Ministry informed the public about the extension of the harvesting period by a month til Mayt 1st. Speaking to the Solomon…
SENIOR leaders of the New Tenabuti community in northeast Guadalcanal have strongly requested support for their badly deteriorated road. Pastor Martin Losi in a speech to welcome representatives of the Australian High Commission, two commercial banks, Our Telekom and ADRA last Thursday said although they have been contributing a lot to the economy of the…
LOCAL honey bee farmers in North Malaita, Malaita province are being equipped with honey bee farming skills. This was after the director of Temoana Honey Cope Company in Burnscreek area in east Honiara visited the farmers to train them. John Andrew Kiri from North Malaita was quoted as saying the training has already covered three…