New Ambulance for St John

THE St John Ambulance Service has a new Land cruiser added on to their convoy which will help transform the work undertaken during emergency. St John Ambulance Service Chief Officer, Douglas Kelson said the Ambulance is a donation from Queensland Ambulance Service to St John Ambulance Solomon Islands. He told Solomon Star Thursday, that the…

Health services boosted with new equipment

PROVINCIAL medical services in the Solomon Islands will receive a much needed boost to their technology services, thanks to a donation of A/V equipment by the Pacific Community (SPC), including tablets, laptops, multimedia projectors, cameras, video conferencing material, and smart monitors. The Solomon’s Permanent Secretary for Health, Pauline McNeil, acknowledged the long history of partnership between…

West Fataleka calls for development, not divisive politics

WEST Fataleka Tribal Leaders have called for development, not divisive politics, saying the focus should be on development cooperation, inclusiveness and respectful dialogue. The call was made at the “West Fataleka tribal land and resource owners’ summit” held at Rufoki Village on Friday 19th November. The focus should be on development cooperation, inclusiveness and respectful…

Kuku’s misguided statement clarified

MINISTER of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma, corrected the misguided statement made by the Leader of the Independent Group, John Dean Kuku, on the Customs and Excise Validation (Amendment) Bill 2021, when contributing on the Motion of Sine Die. The Minister confirmed that as part of Government’s reforms, Customs and Excise Validation (Amendment) Bill 2021…

Court: Dettke not entitled to compo

THE High Court has ruled that the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northwest Guadalcanal Bodo Dettke is not entitled to compensation sought after he was acquitted of his traffic case in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court. Justice Maelyn Bird, also found that the complaint regarding the traffic offence was also not frivolous and vexatious as claimed…