MALAITA Province’s cooperation with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a vivid example of the robust supervening PRC-Solomon Islands bilaterial relations. This was highlighted last week by the PRC Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Cai Weiming when handing over items donated by the Chinese Embassy to the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Malaita, Daniel…
THE trial of a man accused of obtaining $4,000 from three university students with false promises of Solomon Islands Government (SIG) Scholarship awards got underway on Friday. The defendant Donald Keso is facing trial for three counts of False Pretence. His trial was listed to start at 9am before Chief Magistrate Emma Garo on Friday.…
The New Zealand Police have deployed two new advisors to the Solomon Islands under the Solomon Islands Police Support Programme (SIPSP) recently and will be here for a year. The advisors will work alongside the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) colleagues as part of the National Crime Prevention Department. The NZ advisors support and…
A YOUNG woman has pleaded guilty of dumping her newborn baby in a trash beside her home. This after she delivered her baby in the bedroom by herself. The 19 year-old entered her guilty plea to the charge of Concealing Birth of a Child when she appeared on Friday in the Honiara Magistrate’s Court. Following…
The design team for the China-funded Auki Tar Seal Project paid a visit to Malaita Premier Elijah Asilau last week. They joined the survey team from China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), which has been on the ground conducting survey work that is expected to last for two weeks. Upon their arrival, the design team…
Twenty (20) senior government officials from across the Solomon Islands Government recently attended the Master of Business Administration (MBA) short course in Australia to enhance their leadership and management skills. This is the third cohort from Solomon Islands that Australia has supported this year. To date, officials from 15 national and provincial government agencies have…
A TOTAL of $199million discretionary exemptions from January to end of September 2024 were granted by the Minister of Finance to individuals and companies, the Opposition Office has claimed. Opposition Leader Matthew Wale has lashed out at this new information describing it as ‘outrageous and reckless’. This new information has come to light after a…
The government will consider amending the anti-corruption law as part of its policy reorientation program. This was highlighted by the Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele, MP, during a courtesy call from the Commissioners of the Solomon Islands Independent Commission against Corruption (SIICAC). Prime Minister Manele stated that part of the amendment will address the resourcing…
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…
THE communities of Temarae and Paele in North New Georgia Constituency in the Western Province were gifted with various livelihood items by the Chinese Embassy under its ongoing livelihood assistance initiative. The donated items included two Ice Machines, 20 Portable power sources with Solar charging panels, two sewing machines, 100 solar reading lights, 60 solar…