SUNRISE Netball Club have booked their grand final spot in the Honiara Netball Association (HNA) 2024 season after defeating Sosa Faywrights in 64-50 in a highly contested Super Division first semi-finals on Saturday at the Multipurpose Outdoor Court. The two Super Division heavyweights Sunrise and Sosa Faywrights met in the first semi-finals, eyeing a spot…
SOLOMON Islands National Museum (SINM) staffers have learned a lot from the ‘Prehistory of the Solomon Islands’, a15-year Archaeology Research Project conducted in parts of Malaita, Central Islands and Guadalcanal Province. This archaeological collaboration between the Solomon Islands National Museum (SINM) and Germany Archaeology Institute (GAI), which started in 2010, is aimed at discovering human…
The Solomon Islands has participated in the inaugural Global Ministerial Conference to End Violence Against Children. It was held in Bogota, Colombia from 7-8 November 2024. The event brought together global leaders, policymakers, and advocates committed to ending violence against children, with a focus on announcing concrete pledges and sharing proven strategies to ensure the…
The governments of Solomon Islands, Australia and New Zealand on Monday officially handed over a new girls’ dormitory and ablution block for Tabaka Rural Training Centre (RTC) in New Georgia, Western Province, marking a significant development for the school. Valued at SBD 2.6 million, the education infrastructure was successfully built and completed by local contractor…
Australia’s Ambassador for Gender Equality, Ms Stephanie Copus Campbell AM is visiting Solomons Islands today, Sunday, 10th November to continue her advocacy and engagement program in the Pacific. Ms Copus Campbell last visited Honiara in January 2023 and is looking forward to engaging further with relevant Ministers, businesswomen, civil society organisations, students and other partners on…
A 60-year-old man has been charged for raping a 13-year-old girl at a logging camp in West Makira. It was alleged that the suspect had invited the victim with her aunty to spend the night with him, and he allegedly raped the victim after having beer with them. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Makira-Ulawa Province, Superintendent…
AN Anglican deacon has called on communities in Tulagi and the entire Central Islands Province to take ownership of the renovated Tulagi Hospital facilities by taking care of them. Reverend Charles Sagulige made the call in his speech at the handing over of the renovated facilities under Phase One of the World Bank-funded Tulagi Hospital…
Three retired Solomon Islands nurses are the first to be sent to Niue under the Intra-Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme between the two countries. The local nurses, Lilly Gela, Chaniella Keumeru Valusa and Delilah Kalihohola left Honiara last Friday to pilot the first managed intra-Pacific labour mobility programme for the Pacific. Solomon Islands had engaged with…
THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Dr Samson Viulu has announced that the ministry is planning to revive the Annual Agriculture show and possibly combine it with the Annual Trade and Cultural Show. The Annual Agriculture Show and Annual Trade and Cultural Show were popular activities on the national calendar…
MEMBERS of the Sunday School in Auki Catholic Parish successfully commemorated the St. Charles Boromeo day over the weekend at Fasitoro Cathedral in Auki, Malaita. The celebration brought together nearly a hundred children from various Sunday schools, including Sasale, Fasitoro, Lilisiana/Molou, Auki Island, New Kaloka, Oibola, and Rade communities. Activities included a Sunday School quiz and open sports, allowing…