IRELAND’S new Ambassador to Solomon Islands his Excellency Breandán O’Caollai has presented his credentials to the Governor General, His Excellency Sir Frank Kabui in Honiara yesterday. The Irish diplomat has expressed confidence of representing his government in Solomon Islands, saying…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has applauded the outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands HE Kenichi Kimiya’s leadership style, displayed during his tenure in the office of the Embassy of Japan in Honiara. PM Hou says Mr…
By Gary Hatigeva THE Public Accounts Committee Chairman and Member of Parliament for East Honiara, Douglas Ete has shared concerns over the distress signals emanating from all line ministries over the vicious 2018 Budget allocations. Contributing to debates of the…
By Alfred Sasako SOLOMON Islands’ top Health official has confirmed being aware of the suspension of the 10-bed arrangement with Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital, but added “not very clear on the reasons” for it. “I’m aware of the suspension but…
Rini questions Australia’s intentions over Undersea Cable project By Gary Hatigeva FORMER Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Marovo, Snyder Rini has accused Australia over the manner in which she has become a major player in the Fibre Optic…
BY ALFRED SASAKO IF you were told that you could be earning up to $40 million a month, would you buy the story? One former government minister didn’t. He even ridiculed the story. “Pikpik lelebet,” the Minister allegedly shot back…
“Wasted opportunities cost us” Marahare BY TAROMANE MARTIN MALAITA Kingz FC finished third in the Telekom S-League knockout championship after defeating KOSSA FC 2-0 in the third and fourth position playoff yesterday. Henly Ramo, Frank Kabui and Philip Maeta were…
BY ROMULUS HUTA SOLOMON Warriors will depart Honiara on April 5 for next weekend’s Oceania Champions league quarterfinal clash against Auckland City in New Zealand. Warriors was given a big task at hand given his boys were drawn against the…
MEMBERS of the Solomon Islands national table tennis team for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games will know their round one opponents during next week’s preliminary draws. The two-member table tennis team in the form of Gary Nuopula and Lalma Sifi…
THE Japanese International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) newly partnered project with the Ministry of Forest and Research (MOFR), known as “The Project on Capacity Development for Sustainable Forest Resource Management (JICA SFRM Project)” is a new elevation to many known collaboration…
