Monday, December 12th, 2016
$3M for relief emergency
Disaster relief budget available for recent quake victims: Manetoali ABOUT SBD$3million is still in budget for emergency relief, confirms the Minister responsible for national disaster management during parliament sitting on Friday December 9. Minister for Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Hon Samuel Manetoali, during the parliament sitting last week, announced to the house that SBD$3M is still left in their budget which goes towards supporting affected communities of the earthquake. Minister Manetoali said, “Initial reports received from the province through Disaster toll free communication, 47Read More
Aircraft crash-lands
GOVERNMENT neglect, combined with appointing wrong people to the Board of Solomon Airlines has begun to surface, resulting in the crash-landing of the Airlines’ Twin Otter aircraft last Friday afternoon. No one was hurt in the accident, the first major air incident in Solomon Airlines’ safety record in the past 10 years or so. The accident happened at Suavanao Airstrip, Isabel Province at 5:15 Friday afternoon, when the aircraft went off the runway on landing. Solomon Airlines has confirmed the accident, describing the conditions of the runway as “greasy” whichRead More