BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE Australian Government has agreed to arm Solomon Islands’ patrol boats. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare revealed this yesterday in his address to the commissioning of the new Guardian Patrol Boat, the RSIP Vessel 06 Taro. “The…
By EDDIE OSIFELO TWO airstrips in Western and Choiseul provinces will be the first to benefit under the $1.5 billion Australian-government funded Solomon Islands Infrastructure Programme (SIIP). They are Seghe in Western and Taro on Choiseul. Australia High Commissioner, Dr…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Government is planning to come up with a budget to purchase land on which certain airstrips in the provinces were built. Most of the provincial airstrips are built on customary land. Ministry of Communication and Aviation…
BY JARED KOLI The National Archives of the Solomon Islands (NASI) is currently digitising the analogue records of the country it kept in its repository. The new digital preservation equipment known as METIS Scanner uses a Canon Mark-4 camera and…
Nursing students from the Solomon Islands National University’s School of Nursing have reportedly been stopped from attending further training attachments at the Kira Kira Hospital, the Provincial Hospital of the Makira Ulawa Province. The School of Nursing Faculty of SINU…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE arrival of the new Guardian Class Patrol Boat, the Royal Solomon Island Police Vessel (RSIPV) 06 Taro will enhance maritime surveillance at the border. This boost is crucial with the increasing number of covid-19 cases…
BY JARED KOLI History is being created as 18 Solomon Islanders will today be awarded a Micro-qualification in Establishing and Operating a Small Seafood Business. The 18 graduates are scholarship recipients of the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership Programme (PEUMP) with…
BY BEN BILUAGizo SCHOOL principals, head teachers and chairpersons in Choiseul Province will meet to discuss a safety strategy towards COVID-19. A total of 60 participants are expected to arrive at the provincial capital, Taro, today to be part of…
PUBLIC Transport owners and drivers have agreed to take initial steps to address Women and Girls’ safety on public transport in Honiara in a forum organized by Safer Cities for Girls, a project under Plan International Solomon Islands funded by…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO THE country’s second Guardian Class Patrol Boat was commissioned in Honiara yesterday. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare officiated in the commissioning of Australian Government-donated Patrol Boat Taro at the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) international port. “I…
