Thieves targeting church buildings AN estimated $50,000 worth of offerings and tithes were stolen from Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Gizo, Western Province, overnight. Not only that but church representatives said a signed cheque book was also inside the wooden cash box which was stolen from the church building. According to a church representative, the robbery…
THE Honiara City Council awaits suitable funds before starting to build public toilets in different locations in Honiara. This was confirmed by HCC City Clerk Justus Denni during the 2023 South Pacific Games talk back show at the SIBC on Monday. “When funds are available, we will build public toilets within 3 to 4 months,”…
A delegation from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey is visiting Makira Ulawa Province at the invitation of the Provincial Government to discuss key proposed MUPG land reform policies and local planning scheme for the Kirakira and Huro stations. Commencing on Monday 19th June 2023, the delegation made a courtesy call to the Premier…
THE Leader of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has applauded the Commissioner of Police for initiating investigations into the report of the audit of COVID-19 funds. The recently released Audit Report by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) contains serious financial mismanagement of COVID 19 funds by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), Ministry of…
BANK South Pacific (BSP) customers nationwide, including Western Province, have been affected by a technical fault denying hundreds of its customers from withdrawing cash from the ATMs over the past days. The problem occurred on Thursday night which caused inconvenience to many BSP customers in the province who travelled to Gizo on Friday. Many have…
Guadalcanal Province will start its 39th Second Appointed Day celebrations with a four-day Mini Trade Show at Mamara. A statement from Guadalcanal Province 39th Second Appointed Day Committee in Honiara said the trade show will start from Wednesday July 28th to Saturday August 1st 2023 before the official second appointed day celebrations on Sunday August…
THE seafarers in the country are joining the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the Seafarers in Honiara today. This is an important occasion, therefore, the Solomon Islands Marine Shipping Industry together with the Solomon Islands National Maritime School will celebrate the day today. The event started with a morning parade…
The Governments of Solomon Islands and Japan have signed an Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreement for a project to implement the expansion and improvement of the Kilu’ufi hospital on Malaita Province. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele and the Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency, Miwa Toshiaki signed the Exchange…
Adrian Wickham (OBE), the Chairman of the SolTuna board, will be delivering the keynote address at the Manufacturing Industry Symposium that will be taking place this week. Mr Wickham, a qualified electrical engineer from PNGUT 1978, can be described as the stateman equivalent for the Private Sector with a career in the fisheries sector but…
A FORMER graduate and product of Papapi technical school in Mondo, Ranoggah, Western Province, says the school offers an alternative for school dropouts to pursue their dreams in marine engineering and seek further education. Dutley Mamipitu was one of the first three students who underwent training at the mechanical and engineering school when the school…