A TOTAL of 154 Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) students graduated on Thursday after successfully completing their vocational training programs. The graduation ceremony was held at the South Sea’s Evangelical Church Hall in Central Honiara. These graduates received certificates after completing programs in Agriculture, Construction, Hospitality, Carpentry, Commercial Cooking and International Skills. The number of…
PROVISION for more space, staff enhancement and availability of essential medical supplies and services are the three key important health indicators and priority areas to be prioritized for the National Referral Hospital (NRH) in 2025. NRH Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. George Wilson Malefoasi highlighted this when presenting the NRH Annual Operation Plan (AOP) 2024…
THE Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labor and Immigration (MCILI) through its Labor Division has successfully conducted its Apprenticeship Traineeship Policy Consultation workshop in Honiara on Friday. The workshop was convened at the South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) Hall in Central Honiara. The Apprenticeship Traineeship Policy Consultation workshop brought together relevant stakeholders from various government ministries…
Solomon Islands leaders’ meeting with other Pacific region’s leaders at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders meeting was a successful one in terms of the importance of ensuring our priorities are safeguarded. Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele told this to the local media in a press conference upon his delegation’s arrival yesterday from this year’s PIF…
ICSI: govt finalizing position on $140M buy-back scheme for LSL, RIPEL A LEGAL team from Australia appears to have convinced the government to change its position on the much-talked about $140 million buy-back scheme of prime land jointly owned by Levers Solomon Ltd (LSL) and Russell Islands Plantation Estate Ltd (RIPEL). This was revealed by…
AMONGST the almost 1000 Solomon Islands National University (SINU) 2024 graduates was the institution’s first PhD student Dr Mary Tahu Paia, whose graduation set a historical milestone for both herself and the university in its strife for academic excellence and international recognition. Forty-year-old Dr Tahu Paia is of mixed Western Province and Choiseul Province parentage.…
Mentally-ill accused to continue taking medication AN accused person suffering from mental illness will continue to take his medication at the Rove Correctional facility until he is fit to take his plea. Eddie Torona is facing one count of Arson and one count of Intimidation. His matter was taken to the Honiara Magistrate Court last…
The Operating Theatre at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) has gone into emergency mode, meaning services have scaled down due to shortage of consumables and anaesthetic drugs used for operating patients. At the same time, services within other departments within NRH remain normal. The Operating theatre will now only deal with emergency, caesarean births and…
THE National Referral Hospital (NRH) operating theatre is currently on an emergency mode and can only carry out emergency operations due to shortage of essential medical supplies, consumables and anaesthetic drugs. The situation is believed to have started last week. Reports reaching the paper early last week had revealed the operating theatre was forced to…
SOLOMON Islands diplomatic relations with China with the various development corporations the two countries established under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are critical for Solomon Islands to meet the requirements for graduation from its Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2027. This was underscored by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele when he appeared on a…