Taiwan’s International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF), has given USD $500,000 to World Vision to support its flood rehabilitation effort in addressing the Health and Hygiene needs of those affected by the April Flooding in the Weathercoast of Guadalcanal Province. World Vision Solomon Islands Director Janes Imanuel Ginting, thanked ICDF and the Taiwan Ambassador Victor…
THE word “Wantok” is Pijin for “one talk”, or “somebody who speaks my language”. It has been adapted more broadly by Australia’s South Sea Islander community to mean “welcome” or “a gathering”. About 62,000 islanders from Vanuatu, the Solomons and numerous other Pacific islands were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and brought to Australia from 1847 to…
THE China Town police post will re-open Friday next week. The post, located at the same spot near the Mataniko clinic, takes up the front section of the Honiara City Council’s newly built dental clinic. Assistance police commissioner Gabriel Manelusi said the post has been equipped and is ready to be occupied by officers. Mr…
AGRICULTURE officers working in Auki have moved to a new office block after their office was burn to the ground last week. Chief agriculture officer in Auki John Faleka said the move was to ensure officers continue to carry out their work while waiting for a new office building. “There were already plans to erect…
IN six months time, Malaita’s new executive will commence plans to attract and engage investors. Malaita premier Peter Ramohia told the Solomon Star office in Auki, the potential of the province was never utulised. “During my meeting with the Prime Minister this week, we discussed the fact that social problems the country face can be…
OCTA – Pacific Island Country trade officials will meet in Vanuatu to negotiate a new comprehensive regional trade agreement that will deepen economic links in the Pacific. The tenth inter-sessional meeting on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus negotiations will be held from 22-27 March at the Pacifik Farea Convention Centre at…
The Chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM), Michael Forrest, Permanent Secretary of the FLNKS External Unit officially opened the two-day MSG Senior Officials Meeting which ended yesterday at the MSG Secretariat in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Mr Forrest welcomed senior officials from Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu…
RNZI – The government in Vanuatu says it’s looking for partners to help modernise the state broadcaster, and fix radio transmission problems to the outer-islands. Communities rely on the radio broadcast of cyclone warnings during cyclone season. Worries have been raised over the on-going failure of the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC) to transmit…
THE City by-law on street vending of betel-nut and cigarette seem to not adhere to despite stringent measure carried out by the Honiara City Council Law Enforcement Division. Street vendors were seen at various street corners whenever law enforcers were not around. Many have ended up in court and were fined, but the practice of…
TWO officials at the National Training Unit (NTU) have been suspended last November after their fraudulent dealings with students studying at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) were uncovered. They reportedly forged the signature of the permanent secretary on award letters they supplied to students on the premise the students will be sponsored by the…