‘Team Building Session’ for squad

THE National Men’s soccer team had undergone a ‘Team Building’ training session with the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) Wellbeing Lifestyle Performance (WLP) Department on Monday.  This was revealed by the SINIS media on their official facebook page. The program was held at the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Academy in East Honiara…

JAC boosted with Starlink

ACCESSING faster, reliable and cheap internet connectivity has always been a challenge for Jones Adventist College (JAC) in Dovele, North Vella, Western Province. A nearby tower operated by Our Telekom is located in Irigilla village approximately 4km away from JAC.  Currently, the school has access to internet services through Fuzion net, which has been working well…

NEAD to probe exam leakage

Reports claiming the 2024 national examination papers has leaked will be investigated. That’s the assurance from National Education Assessment Division (NEAD) within the Ministry of Education and Human Resources (MEHRD) in a statement today. The Division said, it will launch an investigation into reports of 2024 National Examination leak. This came after NEAD received report…

Motion against Veo defeated 

The much-anticipated Motion of No-Confidence against Western Provincial Premier Billy Veo has been defeated this afternoon. After more than four hours of debate all 26 Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) went through an open ballot voting through the floor of the Assembly where the names of all the MPAs were called out. The Speaker of…

EODD conduct UXOs operation in West

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have conducted Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) operations at Munda and Kolombangara in Western Province recently. EODD Supervising Director Staff Sergeant Ansa Puaraua said, “the ten days operation is a success in which EODD experts destroyed more than 250 UXO’s from the communities.”…

First training for Census field officers

The first National Economic Establishment Census, NEEC, 2024 training for field officers has convened at the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office, SINSO. The two-day training involved participants from Honiara and Guadalcanal, Central Islands and Renelle-Bellona province. The training will help to identify the final list of successful field officers for the Census and prepare them…

Four suspects apprehended for theft of building materials 

Auki police have arrested four suspects in their 20s for stealing building materials for the newly built incinerator at Kilufii hospital on 28 October 2024. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Chief Superintendent Tex Tafoa said the total cost of the materials stolen is about SBD $10,000.00 dollars. Chief Superintendent Tafoa said, police investigation reveals that this…