MOST of the Solomon Islands medical students who have graduated from Cuba and are currently on probation at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) have failed their Medical Dental Board (MDB) exam. The test was conducted by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) after months of attachment at the hospital. Once they pass this…
The ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of the Kukum High Way Road Upgrading Project will start on September 14. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) confirmed this in a statement. MID previously set the ground-breaking ceremony for 1st September but now it has been moved to 14th next month. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will…
Please don’t close Aligegeo! Parents of Aligegeo Provincial Secondary School in Malaita have united to urge the national and provincial governments to see to the severe water problem at the school. The school’s water situation has reached critical level, with warning by the school principal that he will close down the school in two weeks’…
ALIGEGEO Provincial Secondary School in Malaita Province is closing down its doors in the next two weeks as a result of the ongoing water crisis affecting the school for the last 10 years. The source supplying water to the entire school was diverted by natural causes leaving nothing to pump into the water supply system.…
EVIDENCE of the woman accused of obtaining more than $40, 000 from a businessman under false pretence has been completed Friday. Cathy Roy will be calling two other witnesses which the court will hear their evidences on Tuesday next week. She is standing trial for one count of conversion and five counts of false pretence…
A MAN accused of sexually abusing his wife’s 11-year-old niece in their family home will appear again at the Honiara Magistrates Court on September 9. This was for the accused to follow up on his request for a lawyer from the Public Solicitor’s Office. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the…
Newly bought ship heading here run aground in Fiji A TONGAN registered marine vessel heading to the Solomons ran aground in Fiji and remained stuck there since last weekend. The ship was believed to be the one purchased by Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) Constituency through an agent in Honiara. Reports from Fiji said the vessel, MV Sitka,…
A $1.5 MILLION modern health facility was officially unveiled at Batuna Adventist Vocational School in Marovo, Western province on Wednesday. Called the Batuna Memorial clinic, the project comes under the Adopt a Clinic health program of the Seventh Day Adventist church in the pacific. The initiative to establish a clinic at Batuna was born out…
CENTRAL islands province will receive $4million in funding after they qualified for the Government’s Provincial Capacity Development Fund (PCDF) 2016. Provincial premier, Patrick Vasuni said this in an interview with the Solomon Star, Thursday. “It is indeed a big achievement for Central islands province to qualify for this money,” Mr Vasuni said. He said that…
THE Central Islands provincial speaker, John Bosamata, is appealing to everyone in the province to work together with the newly elected premier Patrick Vasuni to move the province forward. Mr Bosamata said that it is good that everyone must work in unity to serve the interest of the province. “I want to appeal to everyone…