The Permanent Secretary for the Solomon Islands Ministry of Finance and Treasury, McKinnie Dentana, and Acting Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Sally Anne Vincent, officially opened the new Australia Solomon Islands Partnership for Governance (ASIP-Gov) Program Office in Honiara on 17 November 2022. The opening marks the commencement of the next phase of partnership…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale says it is disgraceful that the government continues to turn a blind eye on the ongoing ‘flooding’ issue at the National Referral Hospital (NRH). Hon Wale said frequent flooding at the NRH during wet seasons is an issue that has plagued NRH for last 20 years. Yet, he said…
THERE is a need for the urgent review of the Gizo Town Council (GTC) ordinances to properly address issues within the township that have been left unaddressed for the last 30 years. That’s according to the current Gizo Town Clerk, Charles Kelly. In an interview with the Solomon Star, Mr Kelly said to review an…
COP 27 told that Solomon Islands cannot afford nor wish to pass on the struggle with climate change consequences to its next generation “MY country is in a constant mode of recovery from weather extremes that are driven by climate change,” said the head of Solomon Islands delegation to the United Nations Climate Change summit…
Customary land issues have been highlighted as a major hindrance to providing safe and clean water services to many Solomon Islanders. This was highlighted in the list of challenges facing water access and delivery by the Minister of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification Hon. Bradley Tovosia at the 6th Water and Wastewater Ministers Forum in…
THE bye-election date for Central Guadalcanal’s Vulolo Ward -Ward 19- is set for 21 December, 2022. Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, Rollen Seleso, announced that the bye-election date in a gazetted election notice. The election notice is a requirement by law which commences the 35 days election schedule for the conducting of provincial…
THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) will review its structural engineering options after the flooding incident at the hospital last weekend. Flooding encountered last Friday night at the hospital was due to the clogging of the old main drainage at the western end, which was worsened by debris, including wastes from construction work at the sea…
A MAN who had been tried for the murder of his wife during a High Court circuit last week in Gizo, Western Province, will know his fate tomorrow. Buake Tekirawa, 29, who faces one count of murder had stood trial last week before Justice Maelyn Bird in Gizo. Justice Bird will deliver her judgement tomorrow…
EXCITEMENT and expressions of jubilation echoed through Gizo harbor as ‘MV Pelican 96’ successfully made its first mid-week trip to the Western Provincial capital main Gizo wharf on Wednesday evening. A sizeable number of people turned up to witness its safe arrival to mark the start of its twice weekly trip to the province. This…
Solomon Islands Dr Melchior Mataki tells a COP 27 side event that climate change cannot be talked about in isolation of changes in the ocean affecting island states THE issue of the Ocean must be given the attention, funding and the urgency it requires in terms of addressing the challenges in the agenda of the…