This first steering committee meeting on the Japanese Technical Cooperation Project for Promotion of Regional Initiative on Solid Waste Management in Pacific Island Countries Phase 2 (J-PRISM II) has successfully ended on Monday at Solomon Kitano, Mendana Hotel. The meeting was attended by members of the project from nine Pacific countries including the Solomon Islands.…
MUNDA community came together Friday last week to celebrate our country’s 39th Independence anniversary with a flag-raising ceremony. The ceremony was held at Tolavaena Sea Breeze Club with a flag-raising and salute conducted at the seaward decking. A statement from the organisers of the event said many elders wanted to commemorate the event because it…
CIVIL Society Groups in Gizo, Western Province are planning a public forum this week following disagreements with the provincial premier over his appointment of the provincial secretary. A statement from the Civil Society Group in Gizo said the Public Service had initially appointed Jeffrey Wickham to the post. However, it claimed the premier disagreed and…
A TOTAL of nine people were the lucky recipients of honours and awards this year. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced this during the commemoration of the 39th Independence Anniversary last Friday at Lawson Tama. The recipients are as follows; Ms. Georgina Ariki: Solomon Islands Medal (Silver) for long and distinguished service to the government and…
Road users want the worst affected areas along the North Road in Malaita province to be fixed for fear of safety. According to locals from the Lau and Mbaelelea area, the condition of the road in the area which includes the main North Road and the feeder roads in the constituency has gone from bad…
LOCAL Churches within Visale Catholic Parish in Northwest Guadalcanal will celebrate the year of the children starting 18th this month. Solomon Star’s Northwest Guadalcanal John Toki told Solomon Star on Moday that year of the children is an event in the Catholic Calendar for children to come together and celebrate with some activities to build…
Western Province is working towards getting a Policy for Women well documented as wider Community Consultation has recently been conducted at main towns and Centres across the Province from a team of Women in Gizo and a UN Women rep in Honiara. One such Meeting was conducted last Tuesday in Munda where some fifteen participants…
MORE than 300 children participated in the two day Sunday school rally for Holy Cross Catholic Parish over the weekend. Catholic Media officer Camillus Kole said Catholic Archbishop His Grace Chris Cardone closed the rally on Saturday. Archbishop Cardone reminded the gathering that children are gifts from God and it is important to involve them…
This week, I will commence with a series of studies on the “Essentials of life in an Aimless World.” A firm grip is crucial, whether scaling a mountain or climbing the rugged cliffs of the spiritual life. Our survival depends on how well we hang on and what we hang on to. There are some…
THE Environmental Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services has completed a week training of trainers workshop on caretaker training for government and NGO Rural Water Sanitation and Hygiene (RWASH) technical workers. The workshop was organised by the National RWASH Program from July 3rd to July 7th and attended by 16 provincial…