Awareness eye opener for Fiu owners

Fiu Hydro Project awareness program has opened the ears and eyes of the core resource owners in Malaita. The awareness program which wast aimed at educating the core resources owners on the projects and its benefits and limitation has been widely welcomed by the six core tribes in Central Kwara’ae. Speaking to his paper in…

OPMC urges Dr Sikua to stop misleading

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WHO regional head meets PM

The visiting World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr. Shin Young-soo met Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara yesterday. Dr Shin is visiting Solomon Islands this week as part of his regional tour of the Western Pacific Region. The two leaders discussed issues regarding health services including issues of population growth…

Mayor may face arrest

A warrant of arrest will be issued for Honiara City Mayor Alfrence Fatai if he fails to turn up in court on July 26. Public Prosecutor Olivia Ratu asked the court to issue a bench warrant following the mayor’s absence in court on Tuesday. She said the accused is to explain to the court why…

German Accordion orchestra band here

Honiara international airport was packed on Tuesday by Bosconians to welcome the visiting Accordion orchestra group from Saxony-Germany. The band arrived from Papua New Guinea after conducting a number of performance there. While in Honiara they will perform at Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) Auditorium tomorrow – Thursday, 21st July from 6.00pm, and at Don…

Materials bound for Baegu/Asifola

Wards six and nine within the Baegu/Asifola constituency in North Malaita is set to receive building materials through their grants under the constituency funds. Materials are being shipped to the constituency on Monday. Member of Parliament for the constituency, Augustine Auga said materials delivered are sourced from various grants including housing scheme project, rural livelihood…

Females top new RN’s list

FROM the twenty six new registered nurses that were recognised in a registration ceremony yesterday, nineteen of whom were female. These nurses were probationers after completing their academic studies. This means, they are now registered nurses after completing one year on probation. To confirm their registration, a ceremony was held at the Wesley United Church,…

More registered nurses join nursing council

TWENTY six (26) more nurses have been registered into the Nursing Council of Solomon Islands, in a ceremony yesterday. The registration ceremony took place at the Wesley United Church witnessed by relatives, friends, and family members. It was a proud moment for everyone to finally the nurses being recognised as RNs – Registered Nurses. These…