STUDENTS studying at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) have raised their concern over the slowness of computer services at the Kukum campus. They said that the problem started early this year when a window system was installed. The programme reqiures a registered student ID number and full name in order to access other installed…
KIRAKIRA police, Makira Province, are on a policing awareness exercise ahead of next month’s Banana festival next month. Provincial police commander Richard Hane revealed this to the Solomon star yesterday from provincial capital Kirakira. “Clean-up of Kirakira town and awareness programmes have been carried out by my officers since Monday last week,” Mr Hane said.…
Work on reconnecting the old damaged Mataniko bridge has kicked off early this week. The bridge was washed away during April 3 flash flooding. Its understood work on the bridge kicked off before the arrival the barley bridge next week. New Zealand government is supplying the new bridge. Already work on placing ground and steel…
AUKI Police on Tuesday raided and seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana at Fiu village on the outskirts of Malaita provincial capital Auki. A total of 29 marijuana trees were uprooted by police from a farm believed to be by youths of the village. No arrests were made as those believed to have owned…
CONCERNS have been raised over the pile of rubbish and wastes disposed within the Auki market parking lot area, now turning it into a dumpsite. The area which used to be used as a car park for both buyers and vendors is now the most avoided spot in the market. The foul smell coming from…
KILUSAKWALO Christian Community High school and Regent Park Christian school in Australia raised more than $5,000 in Auki over the weekend to assist victims of last month’s floods. Students and staff of the Australian school have spent last week at Kilusakwalo, teaming up with their hosts at the end of their stay to raise the…
THE European Union Ambassador for the Pacific says a plan to lift visa requirements for travellers from 10 Pacific nations still needs to be negotiated with each country before it comes into effect. The EU has amended a regulation, which means nationals from Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu…
VENDORS at the Auki main market are calling on responsible authorities to beef up security within the market premises to avoid unnecessary dumping of wastes and abusing of the market’s vicinity and its properties. This was made following weeks of complaints by vendors over the ever increasing pile of rubbish dumped right at the market’s…
SAVE the Children in Solomon Islands says it’s disappointed with the low level of funding coming in after last month’s flood It says the immense amount of rain that fell on Guadalcanal resulted in the country’s worst ever disaster. The agency’s logistics and emergency manager Graham Kenna says the scale of the destruction is huge…
THE New Zealand and Solomon Islands governments yesterday held high-level consultations on their development cooperation. Central to discussions was progress on the New Zealand and Solomon Islands Joint Commitment for Development, which was signed in September 2011. The New Zealand delegation was led by Craig Hawke, Deputy-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade…