Hou: US grant will greatly assist SI

CARETAKER Prime Minister Rick Hou said the Millennium Challenge Corporation [MCC] threshold program will assist greatly towards the country’s development aspirations. When delivering a statement to the local media Thursday last week, Rick Hou said in terms of priority investment areas that could be of interest to the MCC, Solomon Islands will not be starting from…

Gizo Y@W start clean-up campaign

Youths engaged under the Gizo Youth@Work branch are kicking off a two weeks community service work to tidy up Gizo town, commencing last Wednesday. The two week campaign is mainly to engage all the youths in doing community work service around the communities in Gizo. It is also to ensure the skills and the effort…

SIEC: Pay nomination fees in cash

Intending Candidates are reminded that the payment of Nomination Fees ($5000) will be made at the constituency level with returning officers. Therefore, it is safe to use or pay in cash and not cheque, the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has stated. SIEC added that if an intending candidate pay up using a cheque and it…

CLTS roll out in Malaita, positive

Coordinator of the Malaita province Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS), Tony Wale says the program has positively rolled out smoothly in the province. He told Sunday Star that a total of 28 communities from ward 7, 8 and 9 in Malaita have positively engaged in the project,since its establishment in2016. Wale explained that at this…

Journos complete refresher training

Journalists from the mainstream media in the country have completed their two days refresher election training in Honiara, Saturday. The training was organised by the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) together with the Media Association of Solomon islands (MASI). It is for local journalist to refresh themselves on their roles in election reporting, as the…

Central Market needs facelift

  Vendors want Central market extended With the over crowdedness currently faced at the Honiara Central Market, market vendors have called on the Honiara City Council (HCC) to consider an expansion to the current facility. A group of vendors spoken to yesterday say they no longer enjoyed selling their produces at the market venue, as…

Nurses issue strike notice

Threaten to stop work starting Feb 27 NURSES across the country will go on strike starting February 27 if the government continues to ignore allowances it promised to pay the nurses. This followed a 28-day strike notice the Solomon Islands Nurses Association (SINA) issued on Wednesday this week, which will lapse on February 26. SINA…