By EDDIE OSIFELO GOVERNMENT expects to send 2000 workers to Australia under the Labour Mobility scheme by the end of this year. Currently there are 533 workers in Australia and 291 in New Zealand. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has closed the Solomon Islands diplomatic mission in London. Minister Jeremiah Manele confirmed this when he presented his speech on the debate into the $4 billion budget on Tuesday. Manele…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA One of four men from Tasman, PNG, has been sent to prison for illegal entry into the country without the prime minister’s exemption. Thomas Poraka was charged with three others for illegal entry under the covid-19 regulations.…
BY BEN BILUAGizo UNITED States has reached out its assistance to Rennell/Bellona Province following the successful launching of development programmes on Malaita Province. US Deputy Chief of Mission US Embassy Port Moresby, Bernand Link met with the Rennell Bellona provincial…
The United States of America this week updated Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on plans to upgrade the former’s development programmes in the country. The US Deputy Chief of Mission from the Port Moresby Embassy, Mr. Bernard Link lead the team…
TARCISIUS KABUTAULAKA THE tumultuous dispute over the selection of the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), which led to Micronesian countries deciding to withdraw from the premier regional organisation, provides an opportunity to re-examine the idea and vision…
ON March 16, 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball contacted the U.S. Consular Agent in Honiara to say a crewman on board was ill with a suspected inflamed appendix and asked for urgent medical assistance from the Solomon Islands…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) says it cannot successfully secure the western border with Papua New Guinea from the entry of COVID-19 without the help of communities in the Western, Choiseul and Malaita along the country’s side of…
A small ceremony was organized by the New Zealand High Commission in Honiara to honour the significant involvement of Solomon Islanders in World War II, and ahead of a scheduled unveiling of a new monument in Aotearoa, New Zealand honouring…
BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II Team Solomon will receive a major boost when it comes to preparations for the Pacific Games 2023 under the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI). This was following the signed memorandum of understanding between the…
