By EDDIE OSIFELO
A HONIARA resident, John Langi calls on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to order an audit investigation into the incomplete Kukum market in...
BY BRIAN LEZUTUNI
THE Solomon Islands is yet to have evacuation centres despite the possibility of devastating cyclones hitting the country.
And so far, the National...
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II
THE Solomon Island Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) is supporting a national rugby player who was found guilty in the Magistrates Court...
By EDDIE OSIFELO
POLICE are currently investigating the so-called Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer, Max, from Tikopia who approached Orion Limited Chan Chee Min with...
THE Governments and Japan yesterday signed Exchange of Notes to formalise a multi-million dollar loan arrangement to support the Government’s efforts against COVID-19.
The loan...
Half of 31-man soccer delegation held back for further processing
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II
TWO Solomon Islanders have tested positive for covid-19 in the United Kingdom...
Twelve Solomon Islanders recently underwent a two-week introductory session on International Skills Training (IST) with the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in Honiara to...
By EDDIE OSIFELO
WESTERN Province has deepened its relationship with China after it received 2,500 medical masks and other clothings in Honiara yesterday.
Premier David Gina...
FOR over 25 generations, the people on Rennell Island located 209 kilometres South of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands depended on their land, forests...
Tanagada, Mewa, Auga, Marau, Avui and Filualea in the cycle
By Alfred Sasako
LANELLE TANAGADA – the Gizo-Kolombangara MP who abstained from voting on the diplomatic...
BY EDDIE OSIFELO
A GROUP of concerned forest resource owners from Shortlands and Choiseul is making an appeal to the Governor General Sir David Vunagi.
They...
By EDDIE OSIFELO
A HONIARA resident, John Langi calls on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to order an audit investigation into the incomplete Kukum market in...
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
YESTERDAY cabinet approved the national policy on covid-19 vaccination.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, in his national address said, “I am pleased to...
BY BEN BILUA
PEOPLE living near Lake Tegano, the biggest freshwater lake in the southern hemisphere, have expressed fear at the recent unexpected deaths of...
THE Labour Mobility Oversight Committee (LMOC) has an important role in Labour mobility.
LMOC is the governance body to oversight the Labour Mobility Unit and...
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has been applauded for championing the fight against Malaria in the Pacific region.
Foreign leaders and donor partners have particularly commended...
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has told a high-level roundtable meeting at the UNGA that Solomon Islands has reduced the number of malaria cases over...
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela says Solomon Islands is opening its doors to increase investment opportunities.
Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela highlighted this during his discussions with...
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
Government is looking forward to tabling the Public Health Emergency Bill in parliament so it can commence before State of Public...
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
THE Public Emergency Bill is currently waiting on consultations which are being held in the provinces.
Attorney General John Muria Junior says...
The Paradox of Fiji’s Race Politics
FIJI’s contemporary politics has always been laced with racial overtones, even in the midst of the current Fiji First...
TAIWAN-SI 2023 GAMES PARTNERSHIP SHELVED? The silence from Taiwan’s president over its integral role in Solomon Islands hosting a successful 2023 Pacific Games is unsettling, giving way to speculations and concerns. Solomon Islands had won the bid to host the games last year, edging past Tahiti – which had contended with a strong bid of existing infrastructure and experience. (Pictured) Prime Minister Sogavare shakes hands with one of the Pacific Islands delegates in Port Vila for the 2023 Pacific Games Bid presentation after adorning him with a Malaitan Tafuliae, last year in May. Photo from the PM Press Secretariat
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BY BEN BILUA
THE Government may have to look for other source(s) to fund preparations for the 2023 South Pacific Games.
There was no discussion on Taiwan’s commitment to assist Solomon Islands host the 2023 South Pacific Games.
Even President Tsai Ing-wen did not mention a single word on Taiwan’s assistance towards the preparation of the games in all her speeches during her visit in Honiara.
Only one sentence in the bilateral talking points between the two leaders mentioned Solomon Islands counting on Taiwan’s assistance for a successful Pacific Games 2023.
The Solomon Islands government has approached Taiwan for funding to construct the main games venue for the 2023 Pacific Games to be held in Honiara.
Early this year (January 6, 2017), former deputy prime minister Manasseh Maelanga, who was also then the Minister for Home Affairs, said Taiwan will fund the main stadium for the 2023 Pacific Games.
He said the venue is expected to cost more than $US28 million.
Maelanga said a Taiwanese team had already look at the proposed sites for the games venues and have returned to Taipei to work out the full details of the project.
TAIWAN-SI 2023 GAMES PARTNERSHIP SHELVED? The silence from Taiwan’s president over its integral role in Solomon Islands hosting a successful 2023 Pacific Games is unsettling, giving way to speculations and concerns. Solomon Islands had won the bid to host the games last year, edging past Tahiti – which had contended with a strong bid of existing infrastructure and experience. (Pictured) Prime Minister Sogavare shakes hands with one of the Pacific Islands delegates in Port Vila for the 2023 Pacific Games Bid presentation after adorning him with a Malaitan Tafuliae, last year in May. Photo from the PM Press Secretariat
BY EDDIE OSIFELO
A GROUP of concerned forest resource owners from Shortlands and Choiseul is making an appeal to the Governor General Sir David Vunagi.
They...
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA
INVESTIGATIONS into the bomb incident in Honiara that killed two expatriates last year is still to be completed.
Police Commissioner, Mostyn Mangau confirmed...
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO
Government is looking forward to tabling the Public Health Emergency Bill in parliament so it can commence before State of Public...
By EDDIE OSIFELO
A HONIARA resident, John Langi calls on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to order an audit investigation into the incomplete Kukum market in...
BY BEN BILUA
THE use of plastic bags is expected to be banned soon as government begins tough measures on waste management.
Minister of Environment, Climate...