AS fears of flooding deepens amidst the heavy rain warnings, residents of the Hatanga Company housing estate at Independence Valley have raised their fears of a landslide. A resident in the area said land in front of their building had already dropped and continuous rain will be very dangerous for the family. “The front area…
VEHICLE owners residing in northwest Guadalcanal are calling on traffic police to conduct awareness on traffic in their communities. This call was made following increased illegal activities relating to road use. Northwest Guadalcanal Solomon Star stringer John Toki said a number of youths during the festive period did a lot of activities that prevented vehicles…
PASSENGERS traveling from Auki-Honiara have expressed concern over paying of hefty sea-fares for uncomfortable traveling. A good number of passengers who traveled on-board the passenger boats said they pay fares only to be squeezed in overloaded boats. “That is not fair. It is the responsibility of boat owners to control the number of people allowed…
FORMER Malaita premier Edwin Suibaea has urged the newly elected members of the Malaita provincial government to show commitment towards provincial businesses. Mr Suibaea made the appeal following a poor turn out on several meetings held in recent days. “New members must not possess the disease that affected old members. There were many absentees during…
TWENTY-ONE members of Malaita’s new assembly on Tuesday took their oaths at the assembly’s green house. Clerk Matthew Maefai said of the total of 33 members, only 21 have attended the swearing in ceremony. Mr Maefai said it is important that all members take their oaths of allegiance to qualify them to partake in the…
Miss Samoa, Latafale Auva’a, is the Miss Pacific Islands 2014 and 2015. The 21-year-old Ms. Auva’a was crowned by the outgoing Miss South Pacific, Teuira Napa, at Tuana’imato on December 20th last year where the pageant was held. The Otago University student overcame competition from seven other contestants to secure the title. And in doing…
So many women in Papua New Guinea have fled their villages because of allegations of witchcraft that it’s creating a refugee problem. That’s according to Ruth Kissam, youth coordinator for the Western Highlands provincial government. The case of four women in the Hewa language area of Enga province hit the headlines last week, when it…
THE Queen’s Young Leaders is a unique initiative which recognises that young people have the ability to make a huge impact in their communities. The programme was launched in Honiara last July and Solomon Islands was lucky to be selected among six Commonwealth countries for the award. According to QYL initiative, through its programme, they…
THE Queen’s Young Leaders Discovery workshop will be hosted in Honiara on Monday next week. Two members from Comic Relief will arrive on Sunday to lead the workshop. The workshop will be held at the Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel. The Queen’s Young Leaders programme will be running grant schemes in six countries across the Commonwealth…
ABC: Lawyers for Papua New Guinea’s prime minister Peter O’Neill will question the jurisdiction of a tribunal set up to investigate allegations of misconduct in office. Mr O’Neill is accused of bypassing proper procedures to secure a $1.3 billion loan from the Australian branch of UBS Investment Bank to buy Oil Search shares for the…