A high-level delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Milner Tozaka, attended a series of Pre-Forum leaders meetings at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji, last week. The Pacific ACP (PACP) Officials Meetings met on…
A joint operation between RSIPF Honiara City and Guadalcanal Province uprooted and confiscated about 3,000 marijuana plants on Saturday 12 August 2017. Police uprooted two gardens in two different locations. One location at Mbarande and the other at Mbalesuna, East…
Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) Milner has called on the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to beef up efforts in preparatory work and facilitating collective efforts in the lead up to the Post- Cotonou negotiations. The…
THE Solomon Islands will host its first ever Rugby League Test Match when they host Vanuatu in the capital Honiara on Saturday October 21. The match will be the third Test between the Melanesian neighbours in what is turning into…
SI-Vanuatu friendly next week THE senior men’s soccer has kicked off their preparations for their Oceania, 2018 World Cup qualifiers match against New Zealand with a 3-1 over the Solomon Cup All Stars team yesterday. Goals from Henry Fa’arodo, Micah…
A local Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Ecological Solutions Solomon Islands (ESSI) has received a small grant from Global Green Grants Fund. David Boseto of ESSI said the fund will support the group’s working in partnership with Lauru Land Conference of Tribal…
THE National government has declared the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) as an emergency pest as it steps up its fight against the beetle that has killed more than half the population of coconuts in Honiara and nearby Guadalcanal. Ministry…
Solomon Islands faces wrath of climate change FROM the melting glaciers of Greenland and Antarctica to the low-lying states of the Pacific Islands, like in the Solomon Islands, the impact of climate change is taking its toll on people’s livelihood…
THE Ministry of Culture and Tourism through its Culture Division has proposed establishing the first ever crafts centre for the country. The crafts centre is being planned to be built in the current Art Gallery site in Honiara. Director of…
COUNCIL of Tourism Ministers in Gizo is being hailed a success as the national Tourism Ministry heard for itself the plans of each provincial ministry towards tourism development. All ideas contributed are collected and combined into a document as data…
