HONIARA City Council has appeared to have lost the battle to keep betel nuts sellers off the capital’s streets. Despite the best of efforts, the main streets are once more occupied by vendors. A good number of them were seen sitting in front of shops, and at the bus stop at the Central market selling…
LOCAL building contractors’ have been urged to engage Rural Training Centre (RTC) students as part of developing the trade industry. This was highlighted by Ben Henry, a long time experienced construction administrator during an interview with this paper this week. He said most students come from various RTC in the country having difficulty seeking part…
THE Taiwanese who allegedly intimidated a Malaysian over the issue of tubi logs is currently out of the country. His case was mentioned in the Honiara Magistrate Court this week but Mai Yung Fu, 65, was not present. The court was informed Fu is out of the country to attend his son’s wedding and is…
MEMBER of Parliament for Central Honiara, John Moffat Fugui on Wednesday highlighted the need for the Ministry of Agriculture to enlarge its budget with the emphasis of assisting agriculture students with their practical assessments. Mr Fugui said this during the question and answers session in Parliament. He said that it is a need that the…
THE eight vaccination sites for the measles campaign swung into action yesterday. The centres opened up to allow for the public, especially young children and adults around 30 years old, to get vaccinated to prevent them from measles attack. The sites will open up from Monday to Friday over the next 20 days. During weekends…
JAPAN on Wednesday handed over the $150 million water supply improvement project for Honiara and Auki to Solomon Water. Japanese ambassador to Solomon Islands Kenichi Kimiya said the completion of the project was a “marvellous achievement”. Mr Kimiya appealed to Solomon Water, the government, and people to maintain the facilities in a proper way. The…
ABOUT 60 per cent of water supply Solomon Water generates is lost through theft and leakage. General Manager Richard Austin revealed this on Wednesday when Solomon Water formally received the $150 million water supply improvement project for Honiara and Auki, from the Japanese Government. Mr Austin said people steal water through illegal connections. “There seems…
More than a hundred of direct employees of Malaita provincial government whose salaries have been delayed for almost a week finally received their pay this week. Reports reaching the paper said some of the employees received their pay on Tuesday afternoon. The remaining employees were expected to get their salary through their accounts yesterday afternoon.…
THE Minister of Lands, Housing & Survey Joseph Onika has authorised that the Land and Titles (Amendment) Act 2014 will come into force on 1st December 2014. The primary purpose of these legislative amendments is to introduce a new Land Board, to take over the responsibility for allocating interest in land from the Commissioner of…
BURNS Creek Adventist Primary School (BAPS) on Wednesday staged its first ever annual science fair competition. The competition, which eventuated after a lot of consultation and planning, saw a total of 466 participants from early childhood education (ECE) to grade six compete for the three top prizes. Students were required to design, create and demonstrate…