SI museum goes virtual 

SOLOMON Islands National Museum is amongst the first cultural heritage institutions in the region to be accessed virtually. This followed its launching last week under a project supported by the British and High Commission Offices. “Today the Solomon Islands National Museum becomes one of the first cultural heritage institutions in the region to have an openly…

Labour mobility scheme with UAE pursued 

Solomon Islands has registered its interest to partner with the gulf region of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the area of Labour Mobility.  This came soon after the country established its embassy there. Solomon Islands’ focus is on strengthening cooperation and secure opportunities and arrangements that will increase the participation of Solomon Islanders in UAE’s…

Renovation of Parl discussed 

Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele, received a courtesy call from the visiting Minority Clerk of the U.S. Senate, Paul Grove. Mr. Grove is in the country as part of an assessment and review of foreign assistance and security programs by the U.S. Department of State. In the brief meeting, the Prime Minister spoke highly of…

Exciting women’s rugby 7s clashes 

In an exciting display of rugby, Our National Women’s 7s had a series of thrilling friendly matches over the weekend with the visitors New South Wales (NSW), Sydney-based rugby club, the Briars Women’s Rugby. The friendlies were held at Town Ground Rugby Stadium on Saturday. With the series of friendly matches, the Solomon Islands National women’s 7s team has…

Chinese officials visit SAPE farm

Senior supervisory officials from the Administration and Management Institute (AMI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Sunday October 6, 2024, visited SAPE farm in North Guadalcanal.  The MARA team comprised of YAN Shi, President of AMI, MARA, and LIU Jinping, AMI, MARA Division Director…

KILU’UFI PROJECT BEGINS

THE much-awaited implementation of the SBD120 million Japanese Government-funded Project for the improvement and expansion of the Kilu’ufi Hospital in Malaita Province has commenced with an official groundbreaking ceremony on Monday. The groundbreaking ceremony for this pivotal project was attended by a high-level delegation from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, the Japanese Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki…

Fight broke out over proposed mining

A PHYSICAL confrontation has broken out in North Rendova, Western Province between the supporters and opposers of a proposed mining operation.The incident occurred on Sunday 13 October when a team from the Ministry of Mines and Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) were conducting an awareness on the mining operation in Lokuru.The division in the community…