THE Honiara Magistrates Court has been informed there are still some more preliminary issues pending on the case of the five people charged in connection with the $10 million scandal in the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. The court also heard on Friday that a few more disclosures were expected, so the court adjourned…
POLICE in Gizo, Western Province, have arrested and charged a male adult for allegedly producing homebrew in the township after the suspect’s wife reported the matter to the police. Police confiscated a 20-litre bucket and 70-litre bucket of the illegal homebrew when they arrested the suspect at his home in Gizo on Thursday. The suspect…
The National Referral Hospital [NRH]’s Medical Laboratory has installed a new biochemistry analyser on 8th August by the factory engineer, Mr Li Xianbo. ‘’The installation of the analyser is to replace the old one which was in use for more than 10 years’’, said Director of Medical Laboratory, Mr Alfred Dofai. The new analyser is…
A LARGE team of technical experts from Kwater Corporation and Hyundai Engineering (HEC) is now in the country to progress engineering planning for the Tina Hydro Project. Kwater and HEC are the developers selected by Solomon Islands Government from an international tender process held in 2015. A statement from the Tina Hydro Office in Honiara…
WORKERS of Asimana bridge maintenance contract have demanded the contractor and the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) to pay up their outstanding payments by the end of this month. The workers had already completed the bridge repair works but no payments were given to them since early June this year. Reports reaching Solomon Star Auki…
The budding business community in Solomon Islands have again benefitted from Israeli business experts in a series of workshops undertaken in Honiara in the last couple of weeks. A team of Israeli experts arrived in the country at the end of July and have carried out a number of skills transfer workshops in Honiara targeting…
THE public has again been warned to respect the current bech-de mer (Sea Cucumber) ban following the confiscation of more than 50 kilograms of dried beche-de mer at a warehouse in Auki, Malaita Province. A combined raid by Compliance officers from the Ministry of Fisheries and Police on a warehouse at the Malaita Provincial capital…
MALAITA premier Peter Ramohia has unveiled his province’s Second Appointed Day theme ahead of the August 15 celebrations. “Embarking on community governance and customary land reform as strategy for sustainable development of Malaita Province” is the theme. A few weeks ago, the public raised questions about what could be the theme for this year’s celebration…
SOLOMON Islands Association of Vocational Rural Training Centre (SIAVRTC) has acknowledged the Solomon Islands government partnership with the Japanese governments which has transpired in development assistance programs for rural training centres. The Japanese government over the years since establishment worked in partnership with the Solomon Islands government continued to provide assistance to schools and communities…
NOAH Jarrah, a university student studying in the US, was recently visiting his grandparents in Honiara. He represented the 4th generation of his family connected to the Solomon Islands for over 63 years. Noah’s great grandfather, Alvin Blum, served as a medical officer in the South Pacific during World War II and returned to the…