The Isabel Provincial Government and the Buala community have endorsed the concept design for the Buala market, which Australia is rebuilding through the Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program (SIIP). Australia is also rebuilding the nearby Buala wharf. Representatives from the Australian High Commission, the SIIP technical team, and UN Women Markets for Change Program travelled to…
AFTER weeks of hard work and construction the much anticipated concrete road at Tophill in the Western Provincial capital Gizo has been completed and is now fully utilized by road users. Work completed last week much to the excitement of residents living at Tophill. Construction started in early January thanks to the CAUSE Project. A…
RESIDENTS of several urban centres nation-wide will soon enjoy a much faster internet service via the Fiber Distribution Terminals (FTDS). Our Telekom last week announced the good news. “Exciting news! Our Telekom bringing fiber internet service closer to you via its FDT technology!” This means, starting in April, residents in Gizo, Noro, Munda, Kira Kira,…
Solomon Warriors Vs KOSSA SOLOMON Warriors FC and KOSSA FC are all set for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Champions League Playoffs. Both teams qualified for the playoffs after finishing in the top two spots of the recently completed 2022/2023 Telekom S-league (TSL) season. The first leg of the playoffs is set for tomorrow Wednesday…
A colorful presentation was successfully held on Saturday night at the Coral Sea resort & casino to mark the end of the 2022-2023 Solrais Women’s Premier League. All the winning teams and outstanding players received their awards for their achievements. Champions Koloale walked away with $30,000 and 25 gold medals while runners up RSIPF Royals…
Administrative issue to be sorted soon SOLOMON Islands young football star, Raphael Lea’i, is yet to make his debut for his new team, FK Velež Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A report from Oceania Football revealed that the delay is due to some administrative issues regarding Raphael’s registration. A FK Velez Mostar team staff member,…
The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) boosted its capabilities with a new forensic autopsy laboratory with the assistance from People’s Republic of China (PRC) on 16 February 2023 at National Referral Hospital (NRH). The forensic autopsy laboratory program is worth two million Solomon dollars including the equipment worth 1.4 million SBD and the infrastructure…
The Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the Solomon Islands vows to continue to work collaboratively with the government to faithfully serve this nation. His Excellency, Archbishop (Apostolic Nuncio) Fremin Emilio Sosa Rodriguez passed on the assurance to the honourable Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare, MP, recently. “We mutually work with the Government for…
TRAINING of laboratory technicians from Choiseul and Temotu provinces has started last week in preparation for new laboratories which are proposed for their provincial hospitals. The laboratory staff from Lata and Taro hospitals few to Munda, Western Province to join their colleagues at Helena Goldie Hospital for the training which is provided under Australia’s laboratory…
HELENA Goldie Hospital in Western Province has officially launched and opened its new SBD$1million prefabricated biomedical laboratory last week. The laboratory is funded and delivered by Australia and is fully equipped with associated reagents, furniture and fittings including a GeneXpert machine to perform COVID-19 tests, haematology, a biochemistry analyser, an autoclave machine, microscopes, centrifuge, blood…