Solomon Water has awarded a USD$7.1m (SBD$57 m) contract for the Honiara Water Reservoirs Project (Bid No. SW0662021) to Pacific Engineering Projects ION Exchange joint venture. Pacific Engineering is a New Zealand based engineering and construction company. ION Exchange is…
Gizo and Noro Police in the Western Province have charged 13 people out of the 17 who had crossed the Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Solomon Islands (SI) border to Buin last month. They were charged with one count of…
Western province police are cautioning citizens there to ‘think safety first’ regarding the current bad weather. The call is being made as the country continues to experience heavy rain and strong winds, Police Media reported today. Provincial Police Commander Western…
ISABEL’S recently elected female premier Rhonda Sikilabu with six of her ministers paid a historic visit to Guadalcanal Premier Francis Sade and his executive yesterday. A statement from Guadalcanal Province said at the meeting, Premier Sade took time to welcome…
OPPOSITION Leader Matthew Wale says another state of public emergency is unnecessary. Wale highlighted this when he opposed the motion in his State of Public Emergency (SOPE) debate speech in Parliament yesterday. “I have come to the conclusion that emergency…
OPPOSITION Leader Matthew Wale has warned that Solomon Islands should not to be on the grounds where big powers play or compete. Wale made this statement following the controversial draft security MOU with China leaked in the media recently. The…
Australia to keep security force here until 2023, as it announces huge additional funding support AUSTRALIA has agreed to extend the Solomon International Assistance Force (SIAF) under the Bilateral Security Treaty until December 2023. This was relayed to Prime Minister…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have refuted ongoing media reports on recent consignment of alleged gun shipments into the country donated by Peoples Republic of China for RSIPF Training purposes. Some questions raised on social media asking who…
Australia has delivered a new GeneXpert machine and 400 testing cartridges to assist the National Referral Hospital’s (NRH) molecular laboratory to diagnose COVID-19. This machine can return COVID-19 test results within an hour. It can also test four times the…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) says there was never a secret gun shipment coming into the country on board a logging vessel as reported. Police Commissioner Mostyn Mangau made this statement after an investigation was conducted by the…