BY LYNTON AARON FILIA GUADALCANAL and Canadian governments have extended their employment mobility to the Makira-Ulawa province recently. CITREC initiative under the Guadalcanal provincial government and Canadian Government brings opportunities to the people of Makira-Ulawa province. CITREC Chairman Ashwant…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA DESPITE a few hiccups experienced along the way for our local organising committee, so far everything is going smoothly for the MACFest, currently being held here in Honiara. Since the traditional opening on Saturday and the official…
By Alfred Sasako (In Beijing) CHINA has reportedly stopped buying Australian wine, iron ore and an undisclosed number of fruits apparently in retaliation over Canberra’s intervention in the Sydney-Honiara undersea cable project. China’s telco giant, Huawei, won the contract to…
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE ON Tuesday, members of the Solomon Islands Women in Business Association (SIWIBA) gathered again at the Girl Guides headquarters to display their items, reconnect and meet customers. Island Sun caught up with one of the women,…
THE National Parliament Office has conducted an induction programme for Lanelle Tanangada, the newly elected Member of Parliament for Gizo Kolombangara who won the Bye-election on May 23, 2018. The induction for Lanelle is of paramount importance ahead of the…
Major decline in HIV tests worries authorities BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE number of people undergoing HIV test has halved since last year raising concerns for health authorities. Solomon Islands Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) data to date is 30 confirmed cases…
SIEC scraps new method for 2019 national general elections BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THERE will be no out-of-constituency voting in the upcoming 2019 general election, according to the Office of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, (SIEC). The commission’s capacity…
THE Papua New Guinea Government has reaffirmed its support to assist Solomon Islands in the preparations towards the Pacific Games 2023. The reaffirmation was conveyed to Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela when he met with PNG’s Vice-Sports Minister Wesley Raminai recently.…
By Taromane Martin THE Solomon Islands Sports Coalition (SISC) in partnership with the Centre Dural, Samaritan purse and Bible Way Centre in Honiara last month have successfully completed a three months Sports, Athletes, Leadership Training (SALT) program. The three months…
Nuopula wins first Oceania Tour points but could miss the next stop. By Taromane Martin AFTER finishing the inaugural International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Tour in Nukualofa, Tonga with a bronze medal, local table tennis player Gary Nuopula is…
