East Makira Constituency challenges affects development in rural areas

The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Monitoring & Evaluation team has successfully completed the East Makira Constituency (EMC) but have acknowledged the challenges and issues affecting the slow progress in terms of development in their constituency.  The MRD team visited some of the projects funded under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) around EMC last week…

Man died after “play pass” argument

POLICE are investigating the death of a man during a card game known as “play pass” at Lengakiki in Honiara on Friday night last week. Central Police Station supervising provincial police commander (PPC) Superintendent Flotilda Sabino said the incident happened between 11pm and 12am Friday night. Ms Sabino said police have identified the alleged suspect…

Australia offers to fund elections

AUSTRALIA has made an offer to fund our National General Elections. In an interview with ABC RN Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the offer reflects Australia’s long-standing and historic commitment to supporting democracy and the democratic processes in Solomon Islands. “We have made an offer for assistance and it’s a matter for Solomon Islands…

More improvement for NRH

There are a lot of improvements expected at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) that will transform the health services Secretary to Prime Minister Dr Jimmy Rodgers says. He highlighted this in a talkback show on the national broadcaster-SIBC yesterday. “At the NRH there is a lot of improvement coming, showing the transformation there both visually…

Kurukuru squad named

THE Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) has released the names of the national futsal squad, Kurukuru that will be representing Solomon Islands at the OFC Futsal Cup tournament in Fiji next week. The final Kurukuru squad for the OFC Futsal Cup 2022 is a mixture of youth and experience. Futsal sensation, Elliot Ragomo has been…

GRML READY TO START PRODUCTION

AFTER 6 years and months of recommissioning to restart the Gold Ridge Mine in Central Guadalcanal, GRML is just days away from entering full production. Despite of numerous challenges the company has successfully completed its recommissioning activities, and is now carrying out trial production runs. Over the past days the Company’s Community Relations department has…