THE Leader of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has applauded the Commissioner of Police for initiating investigations into the report of the audit of COVID-19 funds. The recently released Audit Report by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) contains serious financial mismanagement of COVID 19 funds by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), Ministry of…
Guadalcanal Province will start its 39th Second Appointed Day celebrations with a four-day Mini Trade Show at Mamara. A statement from Guadalcanal Province 39th Second Appointed Day Committee in Honiara said the trade show will start from Wednesday July 28th to Saturday August 1st 2023 before the official second appointed day celebrations on Sunday August…
THE seafarers in the country are joining the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the Seafarers in Honiara today. This is an important occasion, therefore, the Solomon Islands Marine Shipping Industry together with the Solomon Islands National Maritime School will celebrate the day today. The event started with a morning parade…
The Governments of Solomon Islands and Japan have signed an Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreement for a project to implement the expansion and improvement of the Kilu’ufi hospital on Malaita Province. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele and the Ambassador of Japan, His Excellency, Miwa Toshiaki signed the Exchange…
A FORMER graduate and product of Papapi technical school in Mondo, Ranoggah, Western Province, says the school offers an alternative for school dropouts to pursue their dreams in marine engineering and seek further education. Dutley Mamipitu was one of the first three students who underwent training at the mechanical and engineering school when the school…
Solomon Islands as a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 23rd of September 2008, officially deposited the Instrument of Ratification to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22nd of June 2023. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted at the sixty…
Reports of Surface Access Agreement process hijack emerge as 11 of 24 landowning tribes in East Malaita withdraw their support from the mineral prospecting operation of New Asian Mining company which the Malaita Provincial Government issued a business license to after the Fini-led MNGFR took office THE Malaita Provincial Government under the leadership of Premier…
A JOURNALISM and Media student of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Elron Dokese, has posted disturbing images of sea-level rise which continues to destroy his village of Ughele on South Rendova in the Western Province. In posting the images, Dokese called for urgent action such as the building of sea-walls and wave-breakers to mitigate…
THE Second bi-annual grants for schools in the country this year may likely be affected. This was stated by a senior educationist and school leader from Malaita Province after attending a high-level meeting in Honiara recently. The senior educationist who spoke on the condition of anonymity said schools in the country may be affected because…
POLICE commissioner Mostyn Mangau says he will be updating the media when shop owners who illegally sold t-shirts and shorts bearing the 2023 Pacific Games Logo and Mascot are charged. At his weekly conference with the media on Thursday, Commissioner Mangau said they have received the complaints about the matter and are investigating it. “I…