The Labour Mobility Unit within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has now recorded more than 16,000 applicants for its work ready pool following recent recruitment drives in three provinces. A total of 940 applicants were received from the Labour Mobility Unit’s outreach and recruitment program to Temotu, Makira and Isabel Provinces. The…
TELEKOM S-league (TSL) champions, Solomon Warriors FC will take on Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Hekari United FC for their first friendly match, Monday. The match is set to kick off at 3:30pm at the Lawson Tama Stadium. Solomon Warriors will play two international club friendlies as preseason matches against the PNG champions Hekari United. The…
ANY foreigner that marries a local woman can operate a business under his wife’s name as long as the business is registered under the wife and she is a signatory to the bank’s account. That’s according to the Minister of Commerce, Labour, Industries and Immigration Fredrick Qologeto in parliament on Thursday. This was during the…
What was supposed to be a normal fishing trip turned disastrous when two children of the three who went on a Friday fishing trip failed to return home alive. The sad incident happened in the Baegu Asifola electorate in Malaita Province on Friday afternoon last week when the dugout canoe the trio were travelling…
AUSTRALIA needs to sharpen its focus on what its interests are and how to uphold them in the now contested Indo-Pacific region, Foreign Minister, Penny Wong has boldly stated last week. Wong was addressing the Australian National Press Club Address last Monday and to which she spoke on the Anthony Albanese Government’s stance on Australian…
THE Solomon Island Red Cross Society (SIRCS) has come to the aid of families whose homes were recently damaged by fire. On Friday last week, the SIRCS Auki and Western branches have responded to fire incidents that occurred in Malaita and the Western Province. A family of six people at Damascus village in East Kwaio,…
Solomon Islands Ambassador Mose expresses concern over SIDS’s food insecurity challenges at global dialogue SOLOMON Islands Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Permanent Representative to the European Union, Moses Kouni Mose, expressed grave concerns over the current challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in food insecurity. Ambassador Mose was one of five…
GOVERNMENT support to Solomon Islands National University (SINU) through a partnership is vital for the future of the university. That’s according to the Vice Chancellor (VC), Dr Transform Aqorau when speaking at the 10th anniversary of the university on Tuesday. He said government support is critical in order for SINU to provide quality education and…
A loose stone claimed three lives over the weekend. It rolled from a hill side onto a dwelling house and killed them. It was reported they were playing cards on the verandah when the rock rolled down and hit them. The dwelling house is situated behind the King George VI school area. Two brothers from…
THE Auki Clinic in the Malaita Provincial capital has run out of essential medical drugs for some time now, raising grave concerns amongst the public. Patients who turned up for medical treatment at the clinic this week were only checked by the medical staff, who then advised them to get their prescribed medical drugs from the…