QUARANTINE is planning to conduct checks on all goods bound for the provinces at the Honiara wharves. Director of Quarantine at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Francis Tsatsia told the Solomon Star on Tuesday following the discovery of giant African snails in Auki, Malaita province, recently. He said that plans are underway to put…
COUNCIL will soon receive the two public toilets from the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID). City Clerk Charles Kelly said he had received the green light from the ministry’s permanent secretary to handover the public toilets to council to administer and look after. The two toilets at King George and Lawson Tama are funded by…
Honiara city council has been urged to improve the condition of its public toilets as they have become a health risk to the public. John Regis a concerned citizen has appealed to city council to upgrade and improve the condition of the Honiara central market toilets which are beyond usable state. “The state of the…
FRUSTRATED community members of Fishing village have expressed disappointment over the ongoing row between vendors and businessman James Fang over the closure of an area along the road used as a market for vendors. Speaking to the Solomon Star, community members have called on the vendors to stop claiming they are of Fishing village or…
Alota’a community high school near Auki, Malaita is currently experiencing water shortage following lack of rain over the past two weeks and it had affected students. The shortage affected both the secondary and primary students. The school’s deputy school principal Godfrey Salo said even the water supply from the Solomon Islands Water Authority (SIWA) has…
MANY Temotu communities affected by the February 2013 tsunami are on their way back to normalcy, thanks to the resilience of communities and some assistance from various organisations. Restored food gardens, temporary shelters, and some new livelihood opportunities are among the signs of recovery, one year and a half on from the disaster. “It’s the…
A test flight to Lomlom airport will be conducted this month says the director of civil aviation. George Satu told the Solomon Star upon arrival from Lomlom on Wednesday that testing of runway surface will be done this month. “Flight test for the Lomlom runway surface will be done anytime of this month.” Its either…
THOUSANDS of people living far west of Guadalcanal will be cut off from the city if the government fails to pay-up $1.6 million by tomorrow. That’s after landowners who hold the Perpetual Estate (PE) title of the land the bridge was built threatened to close it unless the payment is settled. A notice issued by…
The continuing financial woes causing the hiccup to Malaita’s provincial government’s direct employees since last week has forced workers to boycott work on Tuesday. Workers told the Solomon Star that due to the continuous delay and unfulfilled promisesby the province they have to call-off all duties until their salaries are paid. “We will return to…
THE fate of the former Central Bank officer Philip Bobongi will be decided soon. The prosecution and the defence counsel have already presented their closing submissions on Monday before Justice Leonard Maina. Bobongi was accused of stealing more than $1.7 million of the bank’s muted notes. No specific date has been fixed for Bobongi’s judgment…