The legal year 2023 will officially open tomorrow morning at the High Court. This followed the end of the courts’ vacation as of last month. The High Court had gone on a vacation during the festive season last month and is now ready to resume its 2023 legal year. During the vacation, the high court’s…
GIZO: THE Western Provincial Assembly has agreed through a policy paper that was passed and adopted by the Full Assembly this morning that all elected 26 Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) must not pay for their own accommodation worth more than $500,000 for the past weeks. This came after the Ministry of Provincial Government…
THE Speaker of the Malaita Provincial Assembly, Ronnie Butala, has rejected accusations he helped the Non-Executive in the defeat of the Provincial Assembly budget last Wednesday. Mr. Butala was responding to an article by Auki-based Solomon Star reporter, Wilson Saeni, who claimed that by seeking advice from the Attorney General the Speaker was colluding with…
NEWLY elected Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Ward 10 Iriqila on Vella, Western Province urges the Western Provincial Government (WPG) to consider allocating a substantial amount of funds in their next budget to support activities related to women, youth and children affairs. Freedom Tozaka recommended this in his contribution when debating the budget…
KILUSAKWALO Christian Community High School in Malaita province will accommodate only 20 students for its first ever form Seven (7) class this year. This come after the school was given an offer to franchise the pacific TAFE Foundation Art program commencing this year. School Principal Christian Mekope in an interview said the school is proud…
Local contractors that have been awarded and hired by the Provincial Government of Western Province for projects sometimes in the past have been strongly warned to perform at the highest standard. This came after many of the Provincial Constituency Development Fund (PCDF) and some Rural Constituency Development Fund (RCDF) projects failed and did not meet…
IT can be a risky job to climb top of the trees to trim branches and leaves, but for some, its their bread and butter in order to support their family’s survival. In Solomon Island, its not often you see a man climbing tall trees just to trim the branches and leaves when requested by…
The Noro water source has turned salty due to the effects of recent king tides. This has raised concern and frustration among Noro residence who rely on the water source. Report reaching this paper this week says that Noro residents are experiencing their water supply has been contaminated with salt water for almost 3 weeks.…
Solomon Islands is a country blessed with natural resources both on land and sea. However, the impact of the climate change and other natural disaster has also brought significant changes to the environment. As a result the natural vegetation and forest are affected. Along the coastlines, one of the natural vegetations which is abundant are…
THE Honiara City Council (HCC) will crack down on all short bus routes effective as of tomorrow (Monday 23rd). According to a media report, City mayor Eddie Siapu revealed that measures were developed following concerns relating to short bus routes, irregular bus services, unregulated fares and poor bus conditions have expressed by residents and travelling…