THE National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) on Monday started handing over roofing irons to victims of the April flood residing in the Festival of Arts village at Panatina. And chairman of the Victims Committee Charles Ketea thanked NDMO for the housing materials. “This is a positive response from the NDMO to one of our needs,”…
SOLOMON Islands Development Trust (SIDT) launched its election awareness programme last week. SIDT theatre trainer Joseph Majo said Gela theatre group in Central Province had already covered 10 communities. “They perform the voter’s education awareness script, distribute DVDs, magazines and brochures,” Mr Majo said. He added theatre leaders reported that many people from the communities…
MEMBERS of SAFENET are embarking on a week-long training program that will introduce them to the standard operating procedures of the referral system, and help build their professional capacity to respond to the needs of their clients. This workshop, which started on Monday, was the first of its kind to bring together members of SAFENET…
FORMER and current police who were deployed and served on active duties at the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea border during the Bougainville conflict claimed the government has been delaying to settle their long overdue duty allowances. Speaking on behalf of the group, one of the former leading commanders in the group and current…
MALAITA remains peaceful as it prepares to celebrate its second appointed day this Friday. And provincial police commander Alfred Uiga said police are preparing to provide security for the celebrations. “This is the event we are looking forward to this week,” MrUiga told the Solomon Star from Auki. It’s understood the province will celebrate its…
SOLOMON Islands should not depend on aid because we have all the resources to develop and sustain the country, deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga says. He was speaking last week at the opening of the regional symposium on land and property rights, held in Honiara. Mr Maelanga pointed out the importance of the meeting to…
MALAITA Province will celebrate its second appointed day this Friday at Malu’u in north Malaita. Premier Edwin Suibaea revealed this to the Solomon Star on Monday. Malaita’s second appointed day – the day the province gained its status as a province – falls on August 15 each year. Mr Suibaea said the provincial assembly agreed…
AN agriculturist has urged Solomon Islanders to grow and eat more local foods to avoid lifestyle diseases. George Boe, the Ministry of Agriculture’s national palm oil coordinator, was speaking during a radio show at the weekend. His ministry was the first of government agencies to participate in last Saturday’s String Band Show on the national…
TEMOTU Province is still without a police commander following the passing of Fred Saeni last month. The late Saeni, who died after a short illness, has been the province’s police chief until his passing. A senior sergeant at Lata Police Station, Reginald Kava, said since Mr Saeni’s passing, their headquarters in Honiara is yet to…
TWO seven-year-old girls have been allegedly raped in Isabel Province in November last year. The two separate cases were brought before the court on Monday but have been further adjourned to January 25. This is to give time for the Police Prosecutions to transfer the file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions…