Alex Waimora’s dream for change By ESTHER NURIA NEWSROOM HONIARA Former International Football Player and KOSSA Technical Analyst Alex Waimora recently shared his story to the change-makers program about his love for football and how he wanted to help children and youths to peruse their goals in football. Alex Waimora started his sporting career in…
The Members of the Malaita Provincial government had conducted a low key reconciliation ceremony amongst themselves after the assembly meeting at the greenhouse on 23rd October in Auki. The reconciliation was opened with a word of prayer led by the MPA for Ward 20 Jimmy Rerehe to wind up the revised budget meeting for 2020/2021.…
Ministry of Health and Medical Services stated that ‘Nursing in Solomon Island needs to consider advanced nursing practices and extended nursing roles’. Dr. Culwick Togamana made the statement during the 2020 Nurses Registration ceremony on Friday 23 October at St. Barnabas Cathedral. “In a country where many of its programs are nurse-led with a continuous…
Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani has announced that an amendment to the Malaita province Business License Ordinance was passed by the assembly in July 2020. The premier made the announcement during the assembly meeting on the 16th October 2020 in Auki. He said the executive had already endorsed the Fisheries Management Ordinance 2020. The premier further…
A West Are’Are Community leader is urging the Government to table the Report on the MV Taimareho disaster in Parliament, saying relatives of those who perished in the tragedy want closure so they can move on. Twenty-seven people, including women and children, died in the sea disaster when the West Are’Are Constituency ship was hit…
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Solomon Islands (CAASI) within the Ministry of Communication and Aviation is glad to receive assistance in the form of USB drives from the New Zealand High Commission Office in the Solomon Islands as part of its support following the burning down of the CAASI office earlier this year. Director of…
PERMANENT Secretary of the Ministry of Health Pauline McNeil has acknowledged health workers for the successful completion of the Rotavirus vaccine rollout program across all provinces including Honiara. The rollout was said to involve intensive training of health workers, capacity building especially the administration of the rotavirus vaccines to infants as well as its safe…
THE ruling on a second bail application for One Link Pacifica director Gerrad Tauohu will be delivered on Monday next week. Tauohu in May this year had also applied for bail but his application was refused by Deputy Chief Magistrate Ricky Iomea. His lawyer then made another bail application to the High Court but was…
MAKIRA Ulawa Provincial Premier, Mr. Julian Maka’a has assured the people of Ward 5 in Arosi 2 of West Makira that his Government will struggle with them for better health services. He made the assurance while speaking at the opening of the Maetawa Community Health Centre Building in Ward 5 of Arosi 2 in West…
* Men committed to High Court for trial* Sentencing next for alleged attackers * Courts to resume normal next week Men committed to High Court for trial TWO MEN facing separate criminal offences of murder and unlawful sex have been committed to stand trial in the High Court. One of them is a 21-year-old man accused…