Dear Editor –The fight against measles must continue because of the increasing number of cases now being recorded in the country. It’s a war that is far from over and I think it cannot be tackled sooner. Government through the ministry of health must take another step in addressing the issue with the help from…
Dear Editor – I wish to be given the opportunity to write through this forum to express my concern over the issue of nursing students who are still waiting to do their probation. To my understanding once the nursing students completed their studies, they will have to undergo a year of probation by working in…
A man has been arrested with his 54 marijuana plant being uprooted on Wednesday. Police media unit said Police CID officers at Central Police Station uprooted the plants and charged the male suspect, following tip of from members of the public. The dangerous cannabis have been farmed at the Panatina valley area, East Honiara. The…
THE man accused of his wife’s death at Lambi, West Guadalcanal in 2009, will this afternoon know whether he has a case to answer to the manslaughter charge against him. His lawyer has lodged a no case to answer submission at the close of the prosecution case yesterday. Prosecution called five witnesses including two doctors.…
POLICE is yet to recover a man who fell off from MV Kosco near Ringi harbour. The passenger and cargo vessel was on its routine trip to Western Province when the man from Kwaio, Malaita fell into the sea. The incident led to relative holding up the boat with a demand that the body be…
HONIARA was buzzing with excitement on Thursday after close to 2000 tourists from Australia landed at our shores. The one day visit had given smiles to the organisers, local craftsmen and women, cab and bus drivers, shop owners, tour guides, ports authority, banks, entertainers and the public at large. And one of the person who…
I began by asking Amanda to introduce herself, tell us something about her background and what had brought her to Port Vila. She told me that her father is from the East Sepik region of Papua New Guinea and her mother is from Melbourne, Australia. Although she spent her early childhood in Port Moresby, Amanda…
Mining and logging companies who are interested in operating in the province must comply with the provincial Acts and its ordinances. Renbel provincial secretary (PS) Angiki Peseika Baiabe issued the strong warning on Wednesday following interests shown by a number of firms to operate in the province. In an interview with the Solomon Star on…
Angry landowners shut down Buka airport in Bougainville on Wednesday, disrupting scheduled flights and holding the travelling public to ransom. The Post Courier reports that landowners from nearby Ieta village, under the leadership of Rungunahana Incorporated Land Group chairman, Herman Tugen, stormed the airport at around 9am. The landowners overturned luggage trolleys, parked their vehicles…
The government through the Office of the Prime Minister and the ministry of lands has held a one day consultation with Guadalcanal landowners over the long standing issue of Honiara city land boundary. The one day consultation has brought together land owning groups from Guadalcanal who have raised important issues surrounding the demarcation of the…