PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has firmly denied bribery allegations by the Media in relation to selection of the Service Provider ‘Huawei Company’ for the Submarine Cable Project in Solomon Islands. And he said he never received any form of political…
New Zealand’s High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands has reiterated New Zealand’s strong support for education, at the opening of two new Early Childhood Education Centres in East Malaita. H.E Don Higgins travelled with Malaita Premier Peter Ramohia, officials from…
I made mistakes last time. Perhaps mistakes are inevitable, but I wish it wasn’t the case. After 15 years of medical training, I thought it would be easy to translate my skills to a new environment. It’s not as if…
PM Sogavare removes Anticorruption Bill 2016, Opposition says move politically motivated THE Opposition Group has come out stating that Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s move to withdraw the Anticorruption Bill 2016 is politically motivated. Members of the Official Opposition made…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has met the visiting President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr Takehiko Nakao in Honiara on Tuesday 22 August 2017. At the meeting, the two leaders discussed areas of common interests, including, ways to progress…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has started implementing E-Monitoring on Long Line Vessels with two vessels already fitted with E-Monitoring Units over the weekend. The units are made up of…
The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) welcomes the appointment of Ms Hilda Lamani to the position of CEO of MASI. The President of MASI, Mrs Deli Oso, previous press secretary to the Prime Minister and now an editor for…
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government continues to maintain its solidarity which was demonstrated by 25 MP’s voting in support of Hon. David Dei Pacha, MP as the newly elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament. David Dei Pacha is unopposedly the…
A MEMORANDUM of Understanding to pave way for the destruction of the three ‘Vietnamese Blue Boats’ caught fishing illegally in the Solomon waters has been signed on Friday 18th August 2017 between the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR)…
(PACNEWS) THE director general of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) says there is growing political awareness of the importance of weather services in the Pacific. Meteorological officials from around the Pacific are meeting in Honiara this…