Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Auki police station have arrested a 27-year-old male suspect for burning down their family church building at Kakara village in West Kwara’ae, Malaita province on 26 October 2024. The suspect was believed to be drunk when he set the church on fire. The suspect was…
Solomon Islands relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is based on solid mutual friendship, recognition, and commitment to the One China principle. That’s according to the Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS), Wayne Kituru Ghemu when speaking during a recent workshop for senior officials of Solomon Islands, organised by Zhejiang Normal…
WESTERN Provincial Premier Billy Veo will face a Motion of No-Confidence (MONC) on Wednesday morning. It’s the first agenda on the order paper to be debated. The Western Provincial Full Assembly is currently underway at the Imagination Island, off Gizo. The notice of the Motion was submitted by the Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA)…
THE past two years in office has not been easy for Alliance for Change, Alignment and Rural Economic Advancement (ACAREA) regime after assuming power to lead the Western Provincial Government (WPG). That’s according to the Provincial Premier Billy Veo in his opening address at the Full Assembly meeting on Monday at the provincial capital. At the…
THE Western Provincial Government (WPG) is finalising a ten-year economic corporation framework to be submitted to the Fujian Province of China. Western Provincial Premier Billy Veo announced this on Monday at the opening of the weeklong Full Assembly meeting. “We are also finalising our Western Province Economic Cooperation 2024 – 2034 Framework which we will…
The new Manager Business of Investment and Commercial Services (BICs) at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Samson Bisafo has just completed his Master of Management. He did his studies at the University of South Australia (UniSA) in Adelaide in July 2024. Acquiring a Master of Management in Australia and a new position at the…
A young civil and structural engineer is now utilising his knowledge and skills acquired under an Australian Awards Scholarship (AAS) to ensure his local community have the same infrastructure development to those in capital Honiara of Solomon Islands. Jim Tawa Biliki received his Master of Engineering (Civil and Structural) testamur in early October while on…
A series of critical reform meetings to respond to the changing road and transport systems for improved public road and transport safety across the country has commenced. The Road and Transport Board (RTB) of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) is being tasked to make changes for the betterment of road safety on our roads.…
Minister of National Planning and Development Coordination Rexson Ramofafia, held a fruitful meeting with the United States (U.S) Ambassador Anne Marie Yastishock on Monday to reinforce the enduring partnership between the Solomon Islands and US. The discussion highlighted U.S. development assistance, which has provided approximately SBD 7.5 million from 2016 to 2021, benefiting key sectors…
GIZO Community High School (CHS) in Western Province has joined other schools nation-wide to successfully organise their annual graduation ceremony Thursday last week. The ceremony featured the forms six and seven students. The colourful ceremony was organised by the school to honour the final year students who will be sitting for their external exams this…