‘Ban butane gas canister’

AUTHORITIES should ban the import the import of butane gas canister into the country because of its dangerous and hazardous effects. Medical doctor Dr Pedical Togamae expressed this after a six-year-old boy nearly lost his life at Burns Creek when an empty butane gas canister he was playing with exploded and burned his face. The…

New ADB head takes office

JAPANESE Masatsugu Asakawa assumed office as the 10th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday. “I am honoured to assume the role of ADB President and to begin working in close cooperation with our 68 member countries,” Asakawa said. “ADB has been a trusted partner of the region for more than half a…

M4D condemns sale of expiry goods 

MALAITA for Democracy (M4D) has condemned the sale of expiry goods at shops in Auki. The civil society group made this statement in a press release after it learned that few Chinese shops in Auki have been selling expiry goods. Early this month, Malaita province security officials confiscated expired rice from Low Price Enterprise shop…

SCHOOL RESULTS RELEASED

RESULTS of the 2019 secondary school forms 3 and 5 has been released and can be accessed on the website of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources. Education minister Moffat Fugui and his Permanent Secretary Dr Franco Rodie signed off the results on Tuesday. Fugui said according to a report compiled on the results,…

Parents query school results

PARENTS and students described the way the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MERD) handled the school result this year as pathetic. Parents, guardians and students lined up very early in the morning hoping to get themselves copies of the papers to see the results. A parent questioned the decision not to publish the…

PM welcomes new NZ envoy to SI

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has welcomed the newly appointed New Zealand High Commissioner to Solomon Islands Georgina Roberts. In a brief meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet yesterday, Roberts delivered her introductions to the Prime Minister in Te Reo Maori. “Me mihi atu au ki a koe, e te Pirimia, ki…