Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have arrested a 21-year-old male person for damaging an Automated Teller Machine (ATM), which is owned by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited in Chinatown recently. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City, Superintendent Jimson Robo says that it will be alleged in court that…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) will conducts its much anticipated graduation today. The university on Tuesday released the final list of names of students who will be graduate this morning at Maranatha Conference Centre. According to the SINU Senior Marketing & Promotions Officer and Public Relations Officer Estee Lonamei said around 1400 students have…
AN estimated 20% of land in Solomon Islands is legally registered. That’s according to International Finance Cooperation (ICF) Tourism Consultant Björn Svensson. Mr. Svensson highlighted this in his presentation during the launching of the Western Province Investable Sites Report and Solomon Islands Tourism Investment guide on Friday at Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara. The 20%…
IN a move designed to tap into the huge Chinese market, businessmen in Honiara have set up a Solomon Islands Chinese Business Council (SCBC). As Its first formal engagement, SCBC members paid a courtesy call on the Embassy in Honiara on Tuesday 9th November, In a statement issued after the visit, SCBC Chairman Antonio Lee…
Solomon Airlines will commence fortnightly passenger flights from Honiara to Sydney, with the airline’s Airbus A320 then continuing on to Brisbane. The Sydney services will initially operate during November and December only, flying Honiara-Sydney-Brisbane on 19 November, 3 December and 17 December, a statement issued by Solomon Airlines said yesterday. Flight IE710 will depart Honiara…
50 constituencies to receive $1.8m each in CDF GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) early this week released SBD$90 million under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to all 50 constituencies. This means each constituency will receive about $1.8million, a statement issued by MRD Media Unit said. The funding assistance targeted at alleviating poverty…
Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale MP for Aoke/langalanga confirms that he has received a signed copy of the petition by the Guadalcanal Leaders to the Prime Minister on Tuesday. The Opposition Leader said the Guadalcanal leaders are well within their rights as leaders to petition the current government. “The petition contains long outstanding issues…
Man to plea to rape, incest charges A 46 year-old man accused of sexually abusing and raping his young daughter in 2014 when his daughter was only 12 years old will plea to the allegations at the High Court on December 2. The man who cannot be named to protect his daughter’s identity is facing…
By Graeme Dobell The Strategist Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI’s) first big policy impact was arguing that Australia must intervene to save Solomon Islands. The institute’s 2003 description of Solomon Islands as ‘a failing state’ was one element in the Howard government’s policy somersault. The key factor in the U-turn was a cry for…
Dear Editor – Please do not print misleading articles such as the one about a mobile phone stuck to a girl’s arm after she had a Covid vaccination. This story has been printed in multiple right wing media outlets in the US, and proven to be false many times: Stories such as this are the…