The registration of political parties which will contest Solomon Islands 2014 General Elections later this year will begin in July. The Prime Minister’s Office has still to announce the commencement date to register the political parties, but it has announced the establishment of the Registry Office of the Political Parties at the top floor of…
Building a permanent house for a rural dweller at the north east Guadalcanal is not easy task. The scarcity of natural resources and the increasing price of materials and other important necessities are no doubt hindrances. Numbu village, a village community at the north east Guadalcanal has established a community development trust called the ‘Numbu…
Head of Malaita ma’asina technical team has criticised the government for taking the wrong move to try and promote export led industries. Speaking to this paper in an interview, Mr Martin Housanau said he is surprised to see why the government wants to promote export led industries when there is nothing to export. Housanau questioned…
A new, community hub promoting arts and culture called Art Haus has established in Honiara. It will open in August and support creative expression, artists and crafts people as well as emerging creative businesses. An initiative of the Solomon Islands Arts Alliance, Art Haus will create a space for people from all backgrounds to learn,…
Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) this week provides training for the victim of the recent flash flooding on how to plant and take care of the vegetable farms. This comes about after they (KGA) supplied seedlings and planting materials to the victims and farmers. KGA information officer Moses Rohana said since they are providing seedling to…
About 20 participants from the schools which undertook basic library training have praised the ministry of education and human resources development for the training after issuing them with certificates. Speaking to the Solomon Star a participant John Susupuri said the basic ideas gained taken during the training really helps them. Mr Susupuri added that after…
Following the number of enquiries being received at the Solomon Islands chamber of commerce and industry (SICCI) office concerning awards and award categories, the chamber has came out to inform the nine awards on offer. Two of the awards, Business Woman of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year are individual awards. Only women and…
Work construction on the East Kwara’ae 13 kilometre feeder road that joins Atori main road to Aufasu (Kwaibaita) is now in its final completion phase. Once completed communities of Kwaibaita and along it will ride in comfort and less time to the capital Auki. A Trades Transformation Company (TTC) official said that construction work is…
Villagers of Kwaibaita in the East Malaita have applauded Our Telekom for connecting them with the outside world through the phone calls and internet. This follows the completion of the Fiu tower that brings better mobile coverage for the region which was once isolated.and never connected to the world for decades. The villagers said that…
A concern man from Vatualae in east Guadalcanal is appealing to police officers to step up their work by increasing night patrols. Mr Henry Petsakibo said the work of the police is to provide good security for the public so that people are living without fear. He claimed that in Honiara people are moving around…