School runs without grant

FAUMAMANU Community High School (FCHS) in East Kwara’ae, Malaita Province has been operating without any school grant this year 2014. This was revealed by the School Principal Andrew Maefelo last Thursday. He said that since the school commenced its academic classes early this year, they haven’t receive any single cents from the government. “We are…

Aligegeo hosts fundraising

Aligegeo Provincial Secondary School (APSS) near Auki, Malaita Province has over the weekend staged a successful fundraising. The fundraising, which was the first of its kind for the school to be hosted at the school compound was to raise funds towards the construction of a new school chapel. Malaita Education Authority (MEA) Chief Education Officer…

Pageant show attracts hundreds

ALIGEGEO Provincial Secondary School (APSS) near Auki, Malaita province pageant show has seen a huge turnout from both the students and the public over the weekend (Friday) to witness the queen and king show. This was part of the school’s fundraising drive to raise funds towards it’s the construction of a new Chapel building. The…

MAL rehabilitate cattle industry

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MALS) has been rehabilitating the cattle industry in the country following a drastic reduction of cattle over the years in the country. Permeant Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Jimmie Saelea revealed this during his speech on last Thursday during the World Food Day celebration…

24 women eye elections

Twenty-four women are expected to contest the upcoming elections after two withdrew from the initial 26. This was the same number of women who contested the 2006 elections. Of those candidates, three have been said to be contesting for the central Honiara seat, two each for three constituencies whilst the rest spread across constituencies. According…