THE Leader of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has applauded the Commissioner of Police for initiating investigations into the report of the audit of COVID-19 funds. The recently released Audit Report by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) contains serious financial mismanagement of COVID 19 funds by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), Ministry of…
CHURCH leaders have successfully completed a weeklong Training of Trainers workshop from 12th-15th June, 2023 in Honiara. The workshop was attended by the leaders and representatives from the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM), United Church Solomon Islands (UCSI), Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC), Catholic Church (CC), Solomon Islands Christian Association (SICA)…
BANK South Pacific (BSP) customers nationwide, including Western Province, have been affected by a technical fault denying hundreds of its customers from withdrawing cash from the ATMs over the past days. The problem occurred on Thursday night which caused inconvenience to many BSP customers in the province who travelled to Gizo on Friday. Many have…
Guadalcanal Province will start its 39th Second Appointed Day celebrations with a four-day Mini Trade Show at Mamara. A statement from Guadalcanal Province 39th Second Appointed Day Committee in Honiara said the trade show will start from Wednesday July 28th to Saturday August 1st 2023 before the official second appointed day celebrations on Sunday August…
THE seafarers in the country are joining the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the Seafarers in Honiara today. This is an important occasion, therefore, the Solomon Islands Marine Shipping Industry together with the Solomon Islands National Maritime School will celebrate the day today. The event started with a morning parade…
Dear Editor, More than two decades ago when I took over command of the then Solomon Islands Police Force (SIPF) public trust in the local police force was low, exacerbated by a critical shortage of budgetary support from the government of the day, a strict moratorium on recruitment, personnel having to wear shabby, old uniforms,…
The Governments of Solomon Islands and Japan have signed an Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreement for a project to implement the expansion and improvement of the Kilu’ufi hospital on Malaita Province. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele and the Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency, Miwa Toshiaki signed the Exchange…
Adrian Wickham (OBE), the Chairman of the SolTuna board, will be delivering the keynote address at the Manufacturing Industry Symposium that will be taking place this week. Mr Wickham, a qualified electrical engineer from PNGUT 1978, can be described as the stateman equivalent for the Private Sector with a career in the fisheries sector but…
A FORMER graduate and product of Papapi technical school in Mondo, Ranoggah, Western Province, says the school offers an alternative for school dropouts to pursue their dreams in marine engineering and seek further education. Dutley Mamipitu was one of the first three students who underwent training at the mechanical and engineering school when the school…
Solomon Islands as a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 23rd of September 2008, officially deposited the Instrument of Ratification to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22nd of June 2023. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted at the sixty…