FLOOD victims at FOPA village have been given until June 21 to vacate the centre. Chairman of the victims committee confirmed this to the Solomon Star yesterday. Charles Ketea said the authorities have given them until June 21 to leave the camp since the budget to support them has already been exhausted. But Mr Ketea…
THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism John Wasi has called on all stakeholders to seriously consider cultural development in Solomon Islands. Mr Wasi made the call yesterday as Solomon Islands prepare to send its cultural practitioners to participate in the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Papua New Guinea…
THE Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) has thanked local business Fashion De Hapi Isles for supplying the official outfit for the country’s contingent to the 5th Melanesian Festival in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The festival will kick off June 28th in Port Moresby and will run for two weeks ending on July 11. About…
Customs and Excise Division is taking a step forward in realising the ‘aviation project’ co- initiated by Brisbane based company Torn Parachute and local tourism training company Solomon Host. The aviation project involves displaying of important messages vital for travellers via plasma screens at the arrival and departure lounges of the international terminal. The project…
ABOUT seven million of the Pacific region’s ten million people still do not have access to electricity. Rural Melanesia in particular faces the exceptional challenge of achieving universal electricity access in an area where the cost of electricity and petroleum are among the highest in the world, averaging around 20% of total household income. This…
PEOPLE of Sigana ward in Isabel have welcomed the provincial government’s plan to improve the two kilometre road at Kamosi. Premier James Habu and his executive have already allocated funding for the road repair. The road stretched from Kasera sea side to the school area and is currently the main mode of travel by foot…
THE Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) says the first stage of the Biometric Voter Registration process has been a great success, with the new system detecting almost 6000 potentially fraudulent voter registrations. The SIEC is in the process of finalising the Provisional List of Voters, which has revealed 5923 duplicate registrations. “One person tried to…
TRANSPARENCY Solomon Islands says it is encouraging to see an authority using its powers to actually enforce the law. This week, the country’s giant logging company Earth Movers Solomons Limited has been served with a seizure notice by the Commissioner of Forest. The seizure notice was given following reports the company failed to comply with…
VICTIMS of the April floods have questioned the government and its relevant authorities where the millions of dollars that were poured into the country for flood victims went and spent. Speaking to this paper in an interview yesterday, chairman of the victims committee said they are anxious to know how these millions of dollars have…
RELATIVES of the Christian Fellowship Church (CFC) spiritual leader who passed away last week confirmed the Prime Minister was unwelcomed and forced to return upon arrival for the funeral service of the late Sir Ikan Rove. After seeing the denial by the Prime Minister’s press secretary Douglas Marau yesterday, some relatives of the church leader…