PEOPLE related to Kahua land, in Makira-Ulawa Province, are standing up together to oppose a proposed logging operation on the island. Educated sons of the land took the action after learning a few “selfish” villagers who claimed to own the land, invited Asian logger Elite Logging to operate there. The land has not been touched…
THE Gizo public are stunned after last Monday night’s events which saw a senior female police officer stoning the Gizo Police Station after an argument. According to witnesses, the female officer had an argument with other officers on duty and then came out and started hauling stones at the building. Witnesses said they were stunned…
THE father who earlier entered guilty pleas to incest charges and another of attempted rape is likely to be charged with rape soon. This was after the court found evidence of rape charges in the summary of agreed facts and from the Victim Impact Statement from the accused’s daughters.Justice Stephen Pallaras upon this finding vacated…
CARETAKER Finance and Treasury minister Rick Hou has released information about Government expenditure up to the end of June, 2014 prior to deliberations of the recent Supplementary Budget Bill by Parliament in the past two weeks. Minister Hou outlined that consolidated expenditure for the first half of 2014 was $1,621.8 million against revised pro rata…
MALAITA’S financial woes are deepening, resulting in provincial workers not getting paid again last week. This is the third time workers are not paid in time in recent months. Workers told the Solomon Star on Friday that on pay weeks, their salaries were supposed to be in their bank accounts by Wednesday. “Until Friday evening,…
Kilu’ufi hospital in Auki, Malaita province has taken delivery of a new land cruiser last week which has solved their transport dilemma. Malaita provincial health director Dr Huddie Namo said the new vehicle will ease the burden of his staff looking for transport to pick them up for work and for dropping them off after…
MEASLES cases in Malaita province continues to rise with the Kilufi’i hospital recording one death last Tuesday. Reports said the measles related death involved a 20 years old female. A nurse in charge at the Kilufi’i outpatient said the death occurred last week after the patient was recovering. “The rash on her body disappeared and…
“You have the power to mould your communities in a way that large countries or big cities do not have.” High Court judge, Justice Pallaras QC made this remark on Sunday when he was giving an awareness talk based on the topic on how to treat women and children in our community at an Anglican…
Dear Editor – Please insert this short note of mine about how the Japanese Government must have felt in relation to the handing over ceremony that occurred on Wednesday the 3rd September 2014. Indeed, from the Japanese Government’s point of view, it must have been really disgusting to them that important government dignitaries who were…
Dear Editor – The 9th parliament naturally died Monday this week and as we prepare to elect the 10th, it is always good to reflect on the 9th parliament so that their strength and weaknesses can be used to decide who to elect this time round. Well, the 9th parliament is a very interesting house…