Sogavare welcomes MOU signing of Honiara and Kaohsiung ports
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has openly welcomed the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to confirm a sister relationship last month between the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan and the Port of...
Historic win
Solomon Islands Women's team stun New Caledonia as FIBA Melanesia Basketball Cup gets underway in Port Moresby
By Taromane Martin
In Port Moresby
THE Solomon Islands women’s national basketball team has created history yesterday at the Taurama...
RSIPF warns communities of bomb blasting in Alligator Creek
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team will conduct a live demolition of bombs at Hells Point, in the Alligator Creek East of Honiara today.
Officer In-charge (OIC) of EOD,...
SI receives 2nd patrol boat
“It is now a Solomon Islands’ ship,” Robert Sisilo, Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Australia, declared when he accepted and received Solomon Islands second Patrol Boat the RSIPV Taro on Friday morning last week....
DCCG will bring ACB to parliament: Maelanga
THE Prime Minister Acting, Hon Manasseh Maelanga has accepted the petition by the civil society organisations and assured the nation that the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) is bringing back the Anti-Corruption Bill...
Finance officers undergo training on IPSAS
BY GEORGINA KEKEA
PREPARING annual financial statements is a crucial part of government’s work.
Commencing yesterday, a number of provincial officers are currently undergoing training on the International Public-Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS).
IPSAS are a set of...
Budget cut upsets kayaking project
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
KAYAKING project in Ngella (Florida) was not launched last year because the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) and the Ministry of culture and Tourism were called back to reprioritise their budget.
Facing cut...
Call to support School Staff house project in Choiseul
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
THERE is call for support from any donor, group or individuals towards Voruvoru School’s Staff house project at Northwest Choiseul.
Despite financial difficulties, Voruvoru Primary School’s Staff house project has started under the...
No shortcuts to sustainable development: Manu’ari
BY GEORGINA KEKEA
MAKIRA Ulawa province was the first to be established as a province in 1983. This was highlighted by the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Makira, Derek Manu’ari who was the key...
Siota PSS holds induction service for 2018
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA
SIOTA Provincial Secondary School (PSS) held an Induction Service for this year 2018 last Sunday.
The special ceremony that took place was for teachers, school captains and prefect’s commitment to helping with the...