Alota’a community high school near Auki, Malaita is currently experiencing water shortage following lack of rain over the past two weeks and it had affected students. The shortage affected both the secondary and primary students. The school’s deputy school principal Godfrey Salo said even the water supply from the Solomon Islands Water Authority (SIWA) has…
WORK is currently underway for the production of a DVD clip featuring various Adventist singing youth groups within the White River Adventist Church in west Honiara. Over the past weeks, youth members from the main White River Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church and its hive churches have been busy doing voice recording and video shooting.…
MANY Temotu communities affected by the February 2013 tsunami are on their way back to normalcy, thanks to the resilience of communities and some assistance from various organisations. Restored food gardens, temporary shelters, and some new livelihood opportunities are among the signs of recovery, one year and a half on from the disaster. “It’s the…
A test flight to Lomlom airport will be conducted this month says the director of civil aviation. George Satu told the Solomon Star upon arrival from Lomlom on Wednesday that testing of runway surface will be done this month. “Flight test for the Lomlom runway surface will be done anytime of this month.” Its either…
MORE than 20 Papua New Guinea (PNG) companies are operating in the Solomon Islands as part of the two countries continuous strengthening of relationship in terms of trade and investment. This was highlighted during a celebration to mark PNG’s 39th independence anniversary on Tuesday at Heritage Park Hotel. Attending the ceremony was the country’s caretaker…
RNZI: The party of Fiji’s prime minister Frank Bainimarama holds a commanding lead based on provisional results in the country’s landmark election. Votes from more than half the polling stations have been tallied and after 12 hours of counting FijiFirst has 60 percent of the vote. Its nearest rival Sodelpa, which has its foundations in…
The Solomon Islands national team for the upcoming rugby competition in Australia has been boosted with a timely support from Our Telekom yesterday with a cheque of $41,200. The donation was to support the team for their new uniform. Executive president of SINRU Mr. Frank Wickham acknowledged the ongoing support Our Telekom rendered to rugby…
Alota’a school (primary division) snatched the top prize for futsal after defeating Sinasu B (Ambu primary) in a tough final at Auki primary school (APS) field, last Saturday. The two teams fought hard to break the dead-lock in the first quarter before entering the second quarter where Alota’a fired a shoot to claim a goal…
The final match between Marist and Malaita Kingz ended in a draw last Sunday. Marist FC got their first goal with Keloby Benty slotting the ball in the first minutes of the second half. Alfred To’oia of Malaita Kingz FC then retaliated with a goal later. With the cheering crowd from supporters of both teams…
ON Monday 15th September 2014, Peter Forau expressed his opinion that Dr Jimmy Rodgers is PM material and that Marovo Constituency should elect Dr Rodgers in the upcoming General Election. Upon being elected Dr Rodgers should put his hand up for the PM’s post. Mr Forau wrote from Port Vila, the capital of the Republic…