THE Australian Government is delivering 13 new community-partnership projects to 13 schools and communities in the country. To formalise the delivery of the projects, the Australian High Commission hosted a project signing ceremony at its Annex Building in Honiara which will be delivered through the ‘Direct Aid Program’ under the Solomon Islands-Australia Partnership. The Project…
A MAN who received a stolen mobile phone from another person at Tinge Ridge, Honiara, in March this year has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. However, the defendant Patrick Pambo,19, who had pleaded guilty to one count of receiving will be serving only eight months behind bars. This was after Principal Magistrate, Felix…
THE High Court will this afternoon deliver the verdict on the case involving the former president of the Solomon Islands Medical Association (SIMA) who was terminated last year for criticising government’s handling of COVID-19 measures. Dr Claude Posala received his marching order in April 2022 under the Covid-19 State of Public Emergency. He was the…
This week Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP has graced three important events relating to the Second World War. The Second World War in the Pacific was heavily fought on Guadalcanal Island, and it was on this island that the Japanese Imperial Army was defeated ending the war in the Pacific. Annually the country commemorates…
THE Office of the Prime Minister is believed to have taken over the spending of the 2023 National Budget, a move which has denied Permanent Secretaries their roles in carrying out their statutory duties and responsibilities. “All government spendings in the 2023 National Budget as approved by Parliament are now controlled by the Office of…
SOLOMON Islands young swimming athlete, Bijay Ghusa Gharry will compete in the 2023 youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago today. Gharry will be representing Solomon Island at the 2023 youth Commonwealth Games 50 meter with 100 freestyle races. The Solomon Islands Swimming Federation confirmed that Gharry is the first youth swimming athlete that will…
ABOUT 58 Solomon Islands Government- sponsored students who had taken up studies in the Philippines will be returning to continue their studies there. This was revealed by the Minister of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD), Lanelle Tanangada, in Parliament on Monday. She was responding to a question asked by the Member…
MEMBER of Parliament for Lau-Mbaelelea Constituency in Malaita Province has expressed ‘deep’ regret on behalf of his constituents for the problems they have caused the nation during the ethnic tension some twenty years ago. MP Augustine Auga openly apologised on Monday in Parliament when contributing to the debate on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)…
THE United States and its World War II allies must account for the losses from the war whilst they honour the sacrifices paid and acknowledge the peace and prosperity earned, the head of the US diplomatic mission in Solomon Islands said. The Solomon Islands US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Russell M Comeau was speaking at…
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Western Province, Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu has reminded the people in the province to always think ‘safety first’ when travelling out at sea during bad weather. Chief Supt Lenialu said the recent tragedy in the province whereby an OBM sunk between Gizo and…