THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) last Friday officially handed over a brand new backhoe to Sape Farm management to provide greater opportunity for Sape farm to maximize on productivity. Purchased from George Wu Company, the backhoe cost MAL $618,000.00. The money ($618 K) is from the savings Sape farm management made from the…
MALAITA for Democracy (M4D) President Knoxly Atu last Friday welcomed the Deputy Chief of Party for Winrock International Solomon Islands Dr. Morgan Wairiu. The brief welcome ceremony was held at the Auki Central Market at 2 pm and was attended by members of the public. During the brief welcome ceremony, Dr. Morgan was asked to make some…
THE much talked about US-funded projects for Malaita Province is on track as the new Deputy Chief of Party for Winrock International (Solomon Islands), Dr. Morgan Wairiu arrives in Auki with more good news. Dr. Morgan who arrived on Friday morning announced in public that he is in Auki for two purposes; to set up a…
AUKI police appear to have ignored an urgent appeal to attend to a life-threatening situation in East Kwaio where an armed man is threatening members of the communities there. According to reports relayed to Solomon Star two days ago, a man armed with a bush knife and a bar is threatening to kill anyone who…
READ SI, an NGO for advancing literacy throughout the Solomon Islands has a new project to teach young children in ECCE (Early Childhood and Care) Centres how to speak beginning English. Joyce Boykin, the Director, investigated how children learn best to read and write. What she found was that children need to learn to read…
ALL 2021 government scholarship results are expected to be released in April. Screening of the Solomon Islands Government 2021 scholarship are now in the processing stage, Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development James Bosamata said this during the radio talk-back show yesterday. Bosamata has dismissed rumours circulating through the public…
THE scheduled Philippines flight that is expected to bring about 40 students from Manila is being delayed. This was revealed by the Secretary to Prime Minister (SPM) Dr. Jimmy Rodgers on Sunday at the fortnightly talk-back-show. He explained the flight is being delayed to accommodate more people from all over the world coming on the same…
For mandatory pre-departure test THOSE wishing to travel overseas will now have to dig a little deeper into their pockets to pay for the pre-departure test fee. The new amount which will come into effect today is $1500 per test from the previous amount of $500. This was announced by Attorney General John Muria…
To be named ‘Patrol Boat 06 Taro’ coming May THE Australian Government will provide Solomon Islands with its sixth brand-new Guardian-class Patrol Boat named RSIPV Taro in May. The support comes just over a year after it supplied Patrol Boat Gizo in November 2019. This changeover will happen when RSIPV Auki completes its cycle…
AN officer working under the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) has been disciplined for discrepancies in the implementation of the funds. This was revealed by the Chairman of the ESP Committee McKinnie Dentana on Sunday during the fortnightly talk-back show. He said, the officer was reassigned to another department after his was caught. He reminded the public…