AT the Honiara Summit 2025, President of the Republic of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr highlighted that unlocking the Blue Pacific Prosperity Plan (UBPP), the most ambitious initiative, is crucial to ensure healthy oceans regionally and globally. Whipps Jr said Pacific leaders at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched the UBPP, signifying their commitment…
SOLOMON Islands National Women’s U19 Team are set to take on American Samoa on Monday, 10th March for their second match of the OFC U19 Women’s Championship Qualifying Stage at the Loto Tonga Soka center in Tonga. A defeat for Solomon Islands on Monday means their elimination from the championship. A victory over the American…
The Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) and the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Survey (MLHS) are alleged to have collaborated in fraudulently registering customary land encompassing the shoreline and Malu’u Market in North Malaita. Landowners who took the matter to court in recent years have discovered that their boundary with the Commissioner of Lands has been…
An officer from the Environment and Conservation Division, Luke Mae, has urged individuals to take personal responsibility in protecting ecosystems. Mae made the call during a talk-back show in Honiara last Monday, 3rd March marking World Wildlife Day. This year’s theme was “Wildlife Conservation, Financing: Investing in People and the Planet.” He emphasized the need…
TWO police officers accused of bribing a leading investigator in a stolen ashes case with $30,000, will appear in their pre-trial conference in Magistrate on March 11. Allen Noni and Gravis Afuga had previously pleaded not guilty to one count of bribery. Noni has also pleaded not guilty to a separate bribery charge. The pre-trial…
A woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $12,000 inside a car when the driver was sleeping at Point Cruz in Honiara earlier this year. Alice Kini pleaded guilty to one count of ‘Larceny from the Person.’ The sentence was handed down recently by Principal Magistrate Ishmael Kekou at the Honiara…
One of the Bulk-shop community hope league debutants Frelon United FC has appointed one of the senior futsal players Pep Randy as the club’s trainer for the Bulk-shop hope league 2025 season. Randy is a potential futsal player known by his ability and tactics in the five aside futsal code having joining various futsal clubs…
MINISTER of Infrastructure Development (MID) Manasseh Maelanga has re-emphasied the government’s priority to re-establish the Public Works Department (PWD). Minister Maelanga stated this during the road upgrade project launching in Auki this week. He said this is one of the top priorities for the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT). In addition, Prime Minister…
The Catholic Church, along with other Christian denominations in the country, marked the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday signifies the first day of Lent, a 40-day period leading up to Easter in the Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, and other denominations worldwide observe this solemn period of self-sacrifice and discipline.…
The newly appointed British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and Nauru, Paul Robert Turner, has described the media in Solomon Islands as both “free” and ” inquisitive.” High Commissioner Turner made this observation during a press conference in Honiara on Tuesday. “I worked in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, where the…