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Breaking News, COVID-19, SPONSORED NEWS

PM ANNOUNCES NEW COVID-19 CASES

PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced new COVID-19 cases. These include four new cases in the Philippines and one new case in the Solomon Islands.These means we now have a total of three cases in the Solomon Islands and 22…

Press Release
October 16, 2020

Featured, RenBell, SPONSORED, SPONSORED NEWS, Top Headlines

CLIMATE CHANGE ALTERS DIETS IN RENNELL

FOR over 25 generations, the people on Rennell Island located 209 kilometres South of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands depended on their land, forests and the surrounding sea for food and on the rain, springs and ground water and coconut…

Mike Puia
October 16, 2020

Business, Guadalcanal, Honiara, Local News, News, SPONSORED NEWS

Noni revolution targets up to $40 million a month by 2021 for North West Guadalcanal Constituency farmers

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…

Milton Ragaruma
March 29, 2018

Business, Honiara, Local News, News, SPONSORED NEWS

SIPA takes delivery of SEACOM 45 feet roll trailers this month

SOLOMON Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) takes delivery of special trailers for its tractors next Thursday. These ‘tools’ are part of the nation’s oldest State- Owned Enterprise’s (SOE) multi-million dollar plant and equipment acquisition program estimated to be around $25 million.…

Milton Ragaruma
February 2, 2018

Arts, Culture, Honiara, Local News, News, SPONSORED NEWS

Duff Islanders champion people-to-people diplomacy in Taiwan

A group of five Duff Islanders of Temotu Province have recreated history by successfully linking their canoe making and sailing traditional knowledge, technology and skills with Fara’ngaw Tribal Nations of Amis ethnic group in Taitung County of Taiwan. Led by…

Milton Ragaruma
September 15, 2017

SPONSORED NEWS, Top Headlines

Police raid and uproot garden marijuana

A joint operation between RSIPF Honiara City and Guadalcanal Province uprooted and confiscated about 3,000 marijuana plants on Saturday 12 August 2017. Police uprooted two gardens in two different locations. One location at Mbarande and the other at Mbalesuna, East…

Milton Ragaruma
August 13, 2017

SPONSORED NEWS, Sports

HEAD COACH PLEASED

SI-Vanuatu friendly next week THE senior men’s soccer has kicked off their preparations for their Oceania, 2018 World Cup qualifiers match against New Zealand with a 3-1 over the Solomon Cup All Stars team yesterday. Goals from Henry Fa’arodo, Micah…

Milton Ragaruma
August 12, 2017

Culture, SPONSORED NEWS

CULTURE IS THE ATTRACTIVE PRODUCT: HON MESEPITU

WESTERN Province Tourism Minister Hon Chris Mesepitu after the recent Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting (CTMM) in Gizo Town said culture is the attractive product of tourism. He said it is the most interesting product people will want to come…

Milton Ragaruma
August 12, 2017

SPONSORED NEWS

PREMIER SINGAMOANA SURVIVES MIDNIGHT POLITICAL AMBUSH

RENNELL and Bellona Premier survived unscathed a political ambush set by his Deputy and his Finance minister on Monday midnight. The two senior executive members, who are both heavily involved in the logging and mining industries, along with a third…

Milton Ragaruma
August 11, 2017

Private View, SPONSORED NEWS, Top Headlines

ACADEMIC SUCCESS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND CANADIAN SEASONAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES

AT a recent graduation ceremony held at the Victoria University in Australia, Ms, Irene Paulsen, originally from Buala in Isabel Province was proudly capped as Dr Irene Paulsen, PhD. In the mid-late 1990s, Irene was the Head of Distance Education…

Milton Ragaruma
August 7, 2017

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