Technology

Solomon Power and the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) have signed a USD22.7 million (SBD180 million) grant and loan financing agreement to build the 22km transmission system for the Tina River Hydropower...

By EDDIE OSIFELO THE Telecommunication industry in Solomon Islands has seen a drop in revenue by 14 percent to $369 million from 2019. As such it is affecting a fall in the revenue of Average Revenue...

By EDDIE OSIFELO ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) has supported Solar Development Project in five provinces in the country. Elmir Elbling, Unit Head of ADB Solomon Islands Pacific Country Office in Honiara, confirmed this when he appeared...

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...

BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI Female students from schools in Auki marked the annual International Girls in ICT Day in Auki yesterday. The one-day programme was facilitated by Women in IT Solomon Islands (WITSI) under Solomon Islands IT...

By Alice Nantara MANAGING director of Ricoh New Zealand Mr Mike Pollok said that his company wants to help Solomon Islands unlock its potential through digital technology. Speaking at an event hosted by the Solomon Islands...

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA HANDLING of patients at the national referral hospital is very poor, it is reported. A paediatric doctor from Taiwan successfully completing his one-month volunteer work at NRH reveals this. Dr Wang said, “Working...

BY CHARLES KADAMANA Form seven students of Naha Community High School will now be able to conduct research and upload their assignments at their school. This follows the dedication and opening of its information lab on...

UP to 16 journalists completed a three-day training in Honiara last Friday on how to produce news using mobile phones. Australian-government funded Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS), in collaboration with the Media Association of Solomon...

Solomon Ports yesterday officially commissioned the first-ever LED lighting system and CCTV fibre Network for Noro Port, Western Province. This takes Noro Port to become the second Port in the Pacific region behind Honiara Port,...