New research has found that many Solomon Islands smallholder teak growers are missing out on opportunities to sell their timber for premium prices due to an absence of information and support. Funded by the Australian Centre for Agricultural Research (ACIAR) as part of the Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative (PARDI), the unique study of…
MALAITA Ma’asina Forum (MMF) has applauded the operator of the new bus service in town – the City Express bus service. MMF president said the vision by the owner of Ropiko Enterprise Limited (REL) must be acknowledge and that’s what all indigenous Solomon Islanders must do. “MMF would like to congratulate Roland Piko for the…
Laulana community high school in Central Kwara’ae, Malaita province has acknowledged Honiara Rotary club and Australia for supplying school books and equipment to the school last week. Deputy principal Charon Frank said both the students and staff have benefited so much from reading and using the materials during class time. “On behalf of school principal,…
A mini-trade fair was successfully hosted last week at ward 9 in the Makira Ulawa province. The week long event closed last Thursday with a number of presentations, speeches and parade. The president of ward 9 and the chair lady of the event Jessica Ngere acknowledged the sponsors and participating women at the closing. “I…
THE South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) women from the Honiara association have attended a two-day outreach service program at the Tulagi SSEC church during the weekend. The outreach program which is held four times every year was attended by some 300 women from SSEC local churches within Honiara. Honiara women’s association coordinator Unity Fanasia said…
Caretaker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo officially opens the 2014 (Dorcas) Adventist Women congress in Dunde, Munda last Sunday. Director of the Seventh Day Adventist Church Women Ministry of the Solomon Island Mission (SIM) Beverly Maega told the Solomon Star from Munda that more than 2000 women starts from Temotu to Shortland Islands including other…
This is the eleventh of the ‘One another’ sayings in the New Testament which we have discussed over the last ten weeks. This week we look at James injunction,“Confess your sins to one another” (James 5:16). When we develop our spiritual discipline of confession we find freedom. Confession can be one of the most difficult…
A People’s Alliance Party (PAP) Government will set up a Ministry of Information which will be tasked with disseminating government news to the public through the mass media. The Party reveals its plan after it has been informed by reliable sources from the Prime Minister’s Office about a government plan to dismantle the Government Communications…
MAINTENANCE work in repairing pot holes along the 17 kilometer road in North Malaita has reached Fo’ondo and down to Walo community as of last week. Islands Engineering company limited based in Auki is currently conducting graveling and grading of the road. The maintenance work covered the area between Taeloa and to Fo’ondo. A visit…
Former High Commissioner to Australia, Milner Tozaka is calling on the Caretaker Government to apologize to Fiji as a way forward towards mending strained relations between the airlines of Solomon Islands and Fiji. The strained relations between the aviation authorities of the two Melanesian neighbors started in July causing difficulties to travelers between their countries…