PM attends Partnering Pacific Meeting

  PRIME Minister Rick Hou has attended the ‘Partnering with the Pacific’ gathering at the Commonwealth House in Gold Coast, Australia on Saturday. The gathering was organized to promote businesses in the Pacific and attended by other dignitaries, Pacific Island businesses including the Premier of Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk and Governor of Queensland Paul de Jersey.…

Beyond disability

How Barnabas formed a group to help the deaf By LESLEY SANGA It started some years ago with Ali Barnabas’ passion to form an association to look after young people with a hearing disability. Barnabas, 38, is now the president of the newly formed Solomon Islands Deaf Association (SIDA). Last week, the Solomon Star caught…

West Guadalcanal graduating students laud help

AN event to acknowledge graduation students under West Guadalcanal Students Association (WGCSA) and the funder was held at Marara community high school hall at Tanagai in West Honiara last Thursday. The gathering was organized by the president and the student body. About 41 students sponsored under West Guadalcanal have graduated last week from the Solomon…

NZ to tar seal airports

THE New Zealand (NZ) Government will tar seal four domestic airports this year. They are; Taro, Seghe, Suavanao and Lata. This was revealed by the Minister for Communication and Aviation Peter Shanel Angovaka last week in Parliament. He said this funding for the domestic airport comes in the development budget which the New Zealand government…