AUKI Police on Tuesday raided and seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana at Fiu village on the outskirts of Malaita provincial capital Auki. A total of 29 marijuana trees were uprooted by police from a farm believed to be by youths of the village. No arrests were made as those believed to have owned…
CONCERNS have been raised over the pile of rubbish and wastes disposed within the Auki market parking lot area, now turning it into a dumpsite. The area which used to be used as a car park for both buyers and vendors is now the most avoided spot in the market. The foul smell coming from…
KILUSAKWALO Christian Community High school and Regent Park Christian school in Australia raised more than $5,000 in Auki over the weekend to assist victims of last month’s floods. Students and staff of the Australian school have spent last week at Kilusakwalo, teaming up with their hosts at the end of their stay to raise the…
THE European Union Ambassador for the Pacific says a plan to lift visa requirements for travellers from 10 Pacific nations still needs to be negotiated with each country before it comes into effect. The EU has amended a regulation, which means nationals from Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu…
VENDORS at the Auki main market are calling on responsible authorities to beef up security within the market premises to avoid unnecessary dumping of wastes and abusing of the market’s vicinity and its properties. This was made following weeks of complaints by vendors over the ever increasing pile of rubbish dumped right at the market’s…
SAVE the Children in Solomon Islands says it’s disappointed with the low level of funding coming in after last month’s flood It says the immense amount of rain that fell on Guadalcanal resulted in the country’s worst ever disaster. The agency’s logistics and emergency manager Graham Kenna says the scale of the destruction is huge…
THE New Zealand and Solomon Islands governments yesterday held high-level consultations on their development cooperation. Central to discussions was progress on the New Zealand and Solomon Islands Joint Commitment for Development, which was signed in September 2011. The New Zealand delegation was led by Craig Hawke, Deputy-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade…
Central Island provincial government under the leadership of premier Stanley Manetiva will amend the current provincial business licences ordinance (PBLO). This is because the current ordinance is outdated and not productive in terms of generating income for the province, premier Manetiva revealed this an interview yesterday. Mr Manetiva said the licences ordinance was passed during…
Central island province has passed its new tourism ordinance last month in Tulagi during the province’s full assembly meeting. Premier Stanley Manetiva said new the tourism ordinance featured laws and procedures which tourism operators in the island province must follow. He said this ordinance is important for the province. “This new tourism ordinance contains laws…