THE LUCKY RURAL TEACHER

When is dishonesty theft? By Alfred Sasako   JANE (not her real name) is this month counting her blessings. She almost lost $5, 000 of lifetime savings in a “mistake” by a teller in one of the four foreign-owned commercial banks in a bungle earlier this month. Jane lives and teaches in a rural school…

Namo to lead North Guadalcanal

FOOTBALL Coach Jackson Namo will be leading the North Guadalcanal football team in the upcoming Guadalcanal Cup tournament. Namo confirmed he has kicked off training with the team and is impressed with the feedback from players. “I have the honour to take the North Guadalcanal constituency team for the upcoming Guadalcanal Cup.  “We are running…

A CHANGE MAKER STORY 

Alex Waimora’s dream for change By ESTHER NURIA NEWSROOM HONIARA    Former International Football Player and KOSSA Technical Analyst Alex Waimora recently shared his story to the change-makers program about his love for football and how he wanted to help children and youths to peruse their goals in football.  Alex Waimora started his sporting career in…

MPAs reconciled

The Members of the Malaita Provincial government had conducted a low key reconciliation ceremony amongst themselves after the assembly meeting at the greenhouse on 23rd October in Auki. The reconciliation was opened with a word of prayer led by the MPA for Ward 20 Jimmy Rerehe to wind up the revised budget meeting for 2020/2021.…

Togamana: SI needs advanced nursing practice

Ministry of Health and Medical Services stated that ‘Nursing in Solomon Island needs to consider advanced nursing practices and extended nursing roles’.   Dr. Culwick Togamana made the statement during the 2020 Nurses Registration ceremony on Friday 23 October at St. Barnabas Cathedral.  “In a country where many of its programs are nurse-led with a continuous…

MARA to introduce new ordinances

Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani has announced that an amendment to the Malaita province Business License Ordinance was passed by the assembly in July 2020. The premier made the announcement during the assembly meeting on the 16th October 2020 in Auki. He said the executive had already endorsed the Fisheries Management Ordinance 2020. The premier further…

NZ assistance for CAASI hailed 

THE Civil Aviation Authority of Solomon Islands (CAASI) within the Ministry of Communication and Aviation is glad to receive assistance in the form of USB drives from the New Zealand High Commission Office in the Solomon Islands as part of its support following the burning down of the CAASI office earlier this year. Director of…