A ROTARY club in Australia has donated a number of vital triage medical diagnostic kits to the Western Provincial Gizo Hospital. The donated kits worth thousands of dollars were personally delivered by Colin Scobie Redcliffe Sunrise Rotary Club Vice President to the hospital administration on Friday 1 November. The kits were received by the Western Provincial Health Director Dr Dickson…
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…
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 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…
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…
The National Diabetes Center at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) recently received 5 sets of diagnostic kits from Ecall Health Center. In donating the diagnostic kit, Manager Dr Lazarus Tavichikai, expressed his commitment towards supporting the fight against NCD as a major disease control policy of the Ministry of Health. “This piece of equipment is…
About 10 ten staff members including 5 women from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services National Medical Stores (NMS) have successfully completed a specialized Forklift Dealership Equipment Training program, facilitated by the Hastings and Deering Institute of Technology. A certified forklift trainer from Hastings and Deering travelled to the Solomon Islands to deliver the…