Solomon Ports (SIPA) has successfully implemented its new Port Terminal Operating System, ‘OCTOPI’ aimed at enhancing its operational efficiency and improve service delivery. OCTOPI went live after it was launched early this month on 1st of August 2024. This advanced system marks a significant milestone in the Port’s ongoing efforts to enhance Port operational efficiency…
Government under the leadership of Acting Prime Minister Bradley Tovosia, successfully negotiated a peace settlement following a tragic incident in the Tenaru area, Central Guadalcanal last week. The killing involved individuals from the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal, Marau, and North Malaita, sparking tensions and retaliatory violence. The Acting Prime Minister, demonstrating exemplary leadership and commitment…
LOCAL butterfly farmers are appealing on the responsible authority to consider lifting the ban imposed on butterfly trading so that they can be able to earn income for their families. A butterfly farmer from Afio village in South Malaita, Robert Hou, on behalf of Solomon Islands butterfly farmers in an interview with the paper, requested…
LOCAL tourism operators early this week get to learn how to effectively promote their businesses online using the digital market strategy as part expanding their business. Most of the participants were part of a workshop held in Honiara on Monday at the Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel. Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Australia facilitated the workshop by…
A STENCIL designer is pleading with the National Government to provide a proper venue in Honiara for stencil designers to sell their products. Amongst food vendors at the Honiara Central Market below the KG VI bus bay are a group of stencil designers displaying and selling their products. These group of entrepreneurs are often overlooked…
A FISH seller at the Honiara Central Market is encouraging the unemployed to make use of whatever opportunities they have to earn money for themselves instead of relying on others for survival. Charles Maemae, who hails from Fourau village in Malaita Province, sells fish daily at the market to support his family who live in…
Young witness testifies against uncle in murder case A 13-YEAR-OLD boy, who accompanied his uncle when he murdered another man on Moe Island in the Russell Islands in Central Province in 2023, testified in court on Wednesday. This was during the trial of the defendant Jonathan Felega for one count of Murder. The trial was…
ANOTHER cohort of local media leaders have completed the highly prestigious University of New South Wales’ Australian Graduate School of Management General Manager program. As guests of the Australian Government, Station Manager of ZFM, Ms Ruthina Koroa co-owner of Solomon Star newspaper and PAOA FM, Mrs Elizabeth Siota and co-owner of In-depth Solomons, Ms Georgina Maka’a spent nine days in Australia from August…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is currently conducting its Annual Operation Plan (AOP) and Budget meeting for 2025 in Honiara. The AOP, which runs for the whole week, aims to develop a shared understanding of the strategic objectives necessary to achieve the indicators outlined in the MHMS National Health Strategic Plan 2022-2031. …
MORE than 100 pre-primary teachers in Honiara have successfully completed a week-long Primary Preparation Year (PPY) Master Trainer’s Training Guide. The training focused play-based learning as a tool for learning in early childhood care and education settings, a statement issued by the Ministry of Education said. It was organised by the PPY Technical Working Group…