HOLY Cross Cathedral parishioners of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday witnessed the Confirmation of 76 children during the 11 am mass. The Sacrament of Confirmation coincided with the commemoration of Christ the King feast day. The service was led by Catholic Archbishop Most Reverend Christopher Cardone OP. A statement from the Catholic Communication said…
The Government has approved four additional Quarantine Stations for Choiseul and Western Provinces. The newly declared Quarantine Stations are Noro Lodge, Red Devil Transport-Nusatupe, Takuho Bungalows-Tuha in the Western Province, and Supizae Bungalows in Choiseul Province. The additional Quarantine Stations will add capacity to the existing Quarantine Station located at the Gizo Hospital in Western…
GILBERT Camp, once rated as a hotspot for unlawful activities in Honiara, is changing its image for the better following the implementation of G-Camp Community Policing in July. G-Camp Community Policing Taskforce chairman Clement Oikali said since the establishment of community policing all eight zones that made up Gilbert Camp are manned by the taskforce. …
PRIME Minister Manasseh on Monday officially welcomed the two new elected Members of Parliament after their victory during the recent bye-elections. The two new MPs are Honourable Ethel Vokia of North East Guadalcanal Constituency and Honourable Alfred Efona of Central Honiara Constituency. “I would like to join the many thousands of citizens around the country on…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) has started releasing traveling allowances for all its teachers as of last week. Permanent Secretary Dr. Franco Rodie confirmed this during Sunday’s Talkback Show. Dr. Rodie said he was informed by his officers responsible that payments of some education authorities have already been made and others…
Delivery of projects for North East Guadalcanal Constituency is now underway. This followed the successful election of Ethel Vokia as the new Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency. Three days after being elected she wasted no time in handing over three new outboard motors (OBM) and ray-boats to her constituency in her first public…
GIZO Hospital patients prescribed to take Panadol are told to buy the medicine from shops in Gizo Town due to a shortage of panadol at the hospital’s pharmacy. Director of Health and Medical Services at Gizo Hospital Dr. Dickson Boara said they are still waiting for a new shipment of medical supplies from Honiara. However,…
Freedom of expression is intact By ANDREW FANASIANewsroom, Honiara PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare affirmed in Parliament that the suspension of Facebook (FB) in the country will no way silence the freedom of expression enshrined in our National Constitution. Mr. Sogavare made his statement in parliament to clarify his government’s intention to temporarily close the…