Monday, January 30th, 2017
Moli parish starts savings club
MOLI Parish community at Northwest Choiseul has become one of the first communities to start a savings club. The savings club is purposely to help the community where there is no access to mobile banking. According to Anthony Telovae, reporting from Moli Parish, it is easy for women and children to use as well. He said Moli Parish is one of the first communities in Northwest Choiseul communities, who took to heart the saving club awareness talks done by the CDO of Northwest Choiseul Constituency. “From the awareness talks, weRead More
SINTA Credit Union ends AGM
SINTA Credit Union Limited concluded its one-day Annual General Meeting with teachers in Solomon Islands at the St John School on Friday with ‘profitable discussions’. Solomon Islands National Teachers Association (SINTA) managed to disseminate information to teachers with conclusions to establish a way forward despite lack of attendance by many. Acting Manager for SINTA Credit Union Ltd, Mr Ken Gala’a said despite the low attendance of teachers from the provinces, AGM was approved by the Central Bank (CBSI) to proceed. He said they have come up with ways forward asRead More
Taiwan announces 2017 scholarship
THE Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in partnership with the Education Ministry of Solomon Islands (MEHRD) announces its 2017 Taiwan Scholarship programme. The announcement was confirmed by the Taiwan office in Solomon Islands that applications are now open until March 15. Taiwan office in Honiara encourages Solomon Islanders to lodge their application, and it is open to high school graduates who want to further their aspirations for advanced education abroad. The Taiwan Scholarship Programme offered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ROC (Taiwan) for advanced educationRead More
Chief of Taruvana village accused of mismanaging projects
THE Chief of Taruvana village at Northeast Choiseul has been accused of mismanaging two projects that their MP, the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Hon Manasseh Sogavare, allocated for their community. According to Berry Tanavoqa, reporting from Taruvana village, the first project was an income generating project in which the local citizen claimed that the Chief only enjoyed the fund for himself resulting in the project levelling back to nothing. “The second project was an OBM with a 15hp engine allocated for the village community to use as transport toRead More
Honey bee project labelled as fake
THE honey bee project for local farmers in Choiseul province is being labelled as fake. The project is purposely for farmers to start and apply for funding at the Agriculture Division in Choiseul Province by Agriculture Officers. According to Tutu village farmers at Christ the King Parish, Northwest Choiseul, Agriculture Officers encouraged farmers to start honey bee projects and apply for funding through their office. But, every time they went to the Agriculture Office to seek funding, the respond is always “no fund”. Therefore, the farmers of Choiseul Province believeRead More
Honiara filled with settlements and squatters
SETTLEMENTS and squatters are expanding in Honiara, report has revealed. A Research carried out by an independent research group from Australian University highlights that 40 percent of people residing in Honiara live in settlements. The report says the settlements accommodate poor to marginalised people with lack of basic service such as proper water supply, sanitation and also electricity. The report emphasised that better approach is needed to manage the growth of settlement and squatters in Honiara. It stressed that government needs to be innovative on how to approach urban growthRead More
Call to develop Varese CHS
CALLS are being made for the community of Varese to improve their community high school. This comes after the five tribal group of Varese and Malosova community refused to build five staff houses since 2014. This has led to the school being without a single staff house, forcing the education authority of Western province to issue out a warning of closure. Mr Stanly Lilo told Island Sun yesterday the biggest problem faced at Varese CHS is “no staff house for our teachers and we are all concern over the poorRead More
Varese school in danger of being shut down
VARESE Community High School (CHS) is without a single staff house. The school is in South East Vella La Vella Island, Western Province This is blamed on the fact that five tribes of Varese and Malosova villages have failed to contribute to five new staff houses as part of community contribution to the school. A concerned parents expressed his disappointment yesterday, saying that this could affect the school in huge ways. He said the double-storey class room building was funded by the Solomon Islands Government through the Western Provincial governmentRead More
NZ looks at maintaining national security in SI
NEW Zealand High Commissioner, Don Higgins highlighted his country’s partnership with Solomon Islands is partly to maintain national security. This was uttered following the reopening of National Children’s park on Friday, which was attended by leaders from Honiara City Council, New Zealand and Solo Enviro Beautification. Mr Higgins said, “as Solomon islands embarks on its important political transition with drawdown RAMSI in July, a key focus of government and donor partners alike will be on maintaining National security. “And addressing the underlying causes of the tension period in order toRead More
Generous donations making a difference
DEAR EDITOR, last week the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock handed over farming tools and seeds to the National Disaster Management Office towards the recovery efforts following the Makira earthquake disaster. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Jimi Saelea, handed over the tools to the Director of the NDMO, Loti Yates, and said providing agriculture tools to families who had been badly affected following the earthquake would enable them to produce their own food and help them gradually recover their lives to a degree of normalcy.Read More