REMOVED Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Finance Shadrach Fanega was removed for something else and not for withholding terminal grants according to a reliable source. The source within Cabinet and the government claimed Mr Fanega accompanied Small Malaita outgoing MP Rick Hou to the United States (US) without the approval of the government.…
Today the world celebrates Global Handwashing Day! This day reminds everyone about the importance of washing our hands with soap to prevent diseases from spreading. “People under-estimate the importance of hand washing. Hand washing with soap prevents infections and saves lives,” said UNICEF Pacific Representative, Dr, Karen Allen. She added, “The annual Global Handwashing Day…
CONSTITUENTS of Lau/Mbaelelea in North Malaita have described their constituency as the least developed in the country. Speaking to the Solomon Star, a group of constituents said that for the past four to eight years, no major development has been implemented by past MP’s of the Constituency. “Most of our schools are still run down,…
EAST Kwaio outgoing Member of Parliament (MP), Stanley Festus Sofu has been called upon to fulfill a $20,000 pledge he made toward the development of a proposed Transit Conference Centre for the Atoifi Adventist hospital in his Constituency. Outspoken former provincial member, Mambo Fangaria made the revelations following what he terms as Mr Sofu’s ignorance…
RAMSI’s Special Coordinator Ms Justine Braithwaite on Monday,paid a visit to the Malaita provincial capital,Auki, where issues related to the upcoming elections were discussed. During the trip Ms Braithwaite met with the Provincial Premier, Edwin Suibaea, the Provincial Police Commander (PPC) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, (RSIPF) Alfred Uiga and representatives of the…
Catholic communities surrounding Tangarare Catholic station have joined Tiqe community over the weekend to celebrate the opening of a newly permanent Church building. Close to three thousand people including people from different provinces came to witness the historical spiritialevent. The completion of the Church was described as a blessing after many years of struggle to…
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) with other stakeholders has been embarking on promotion of local food production as stipulated in the Lokol Kaikai Framework. The framework is a programme of action to address food and nutrition security, as well as livelihoods issues. Agriculture and Livestock permanent secretary, Jimi Saelea highlighted this at the…
The backyard gardening, basket gardening and organic process of nursery introduced by the Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) has attracted a lot of farmers and members of the public yesterday. KGA was part of the inaugural agriculture show which kicked off on Tuesday. The farming techniques introduced by KGA was new to some of the local…
Its important to live a healthy lifestyle in order to have a healthy mind and body. University of the South Pacific (USP) Solomon Islands campus director John Usuramo highlighted this during the launching of the health week at USP campus on Monday. The health week which will run for two weeks with various health activities…
Our twenty newly graduated doctors from Cuba are currently undergoing an induction program organised by the National Referral Hospital (NRH) training committee. The hospital’s Superintendent Dr Rooney Jagilly said this is the first of its kind. He said the Medical and Dental Board (MDB) has identified the need to have such training in place to…