POLICE at Harapa station in Shortlands, Western Province have arrested and charged a 33-year-old male person for attacking his 15-year-old nephew with a bush knife last week. Supervising Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Western Province, Superintendent Wilken Miriki said, it is alleged that on the day of the incident, the suspect invited his nephew to his…
THE University of the South Pacific (USP) is staging its annual open day program throughout today, Tuesday 1st October at its new campus located at King George area, East Honiara. The USP Open Day is an important event in the university’s calendar as it marks the beginning of a comprehensive process that familiarises students with the…
In a groundbreaking initiative to enhance the coordination of disability inclusion across sectors and levels, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, through its National Rehabilitation and Disability Division, organized a one-day policy dialogue meeting with government ministries and stakeholders on August 27, 2024, at the Heritage Park Hotel. The event, supported by the WHO…
The weeklong Joint External Evaluation on health emergencies conducted by both external and local experts wrapped up last Friday in Honiara with four overarching recommendations. Last week 22 external experts from around the world, worked closely with National Technical Experts to review 19t technical areas of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). The Joint External…
Eye Care Nurses and Doctors will next week participate in the Annual National Eye Conference in Honiara which is expected to bring together more than 40 eye care workers from the provinces and the regional eye centre as well as a handful of provincial non-communicable diseases coordinators. The four day conference provides a platform for all eye…
The tourism industry in the country has joined the global community to celebrating World Tourism Day 2024. The event was commemorated under the theme ‘Tourism and Peace.’ This year’s theme held profound significance for both the international tourism industry and the local context here in Solomon Islands. The connection between tourism and peace is undeniable—without peace,…
SOLOMON Islands and 123 other United Nations member states have voted in favor of a resolution demanding that Israel ‘brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence’ in what the UN perceives as the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The resolution voted on at the 10th emergency special session on 18 September 2024 recorded 124 Nations in…
THE Supervising Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Treasury Manasseh Sogavare has lauded the People’s Republic of China’s 75-year national journey as one of remarkable progress, resilience and unmatched achievement that has impacted positively on development at the global stage. Sogavare was speaking at the joint celebration of China’s 75th anniversary of its founding…
JAPAN, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Solomon Islands, officially handed over the completed pilot Interlocking Block Pavement (IBP) project in Auki, Malaita Province on Friday. The IBP project, performed on the stretch of road in front of the Auki Community High School in the provincial capital Auki, marks JICA’s first IBP initiative in the province, is…
ABOUT 67 new portable sawmills have been handed over by the Japanese Government to the Ministry of Forestry and Research on Friday. The handing over ceremony was held at the Value-Added Timber Association (VATA) at Henderson in Central Guadalcanal last Friday. The Ambassador of Japan to Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki officiated in the ceremony. The…