The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is set to transform its sovereign maritime security capability with the arrival of two state-of-the-art Naiad vessels. The boats were delivered through a partnership with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Defence Cooperation Program. The new vessels, designed for speed and versatility, will enable RSIPF officers…
A total of SBD572 million investment has been announced by the Australian Government to deliver reliable, secure, and high-speed internet connectivity for the people of Solomon Islands. Senator the Hon. Nita Green MP, Assistant Minister for Pacific Affairs and Tourism, announced the commitment during the Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum in Brisbane joined by the…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has called for urgent reforms in the telecommunications sector describing the competition policy as ‘very weak’. Speaking during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing recently, Hon Wale said urgent changes need to be done within the telecommunications sector. Hon Wale made these comments when the Ministry of Communications and…
THE case of former Gao-Bugotu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Manetoali has been adjourned till November 24 for a possible plea on the 10 conversion charges remitted for retrial in the Honiara Magistrate Court by the Court of Appeal. His case was mentioned for the first time in the Honiara Magistrate Court on Monday following…
KONGU LAVATA, a small but resource-rich community just several minutes by boat from Gizo, Western Province has achieved a historic milestone by officially registering its first Community-Based Management (CBM) system. This milestone initiative is aimed at improving local governance, conservation, and community development. Once described as a “neglected community,” Kongu Lavata is home to diverse ethnic groups and mixed…
The Solomon Islands will re-open its Embassy and Permanent Mission in Geneva, signalling a renewed commitment to deepening its diplomatic engagement with Switzerland, the United Nations Organization, the World Trade Organization and other International Organisations and agencies based in Geneva. Foreign Minister Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed a Memorundum of Understanding (MOU) with HE Mr.…
CELSIUS Talifilu, the political adviser to the late former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani, has been acquitted of two counts of unlawful assembly after the Honiara Magistrate Court ruled that he had no case to answer. Principal Magistrate Tearo Beneteti delivered the ruling this week, following no-case-to-answer submission made by Talifilu’s lawyer, Lily Ramo of JustLaw…
A DRIVER has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for a fatal accident that killed a woman in September 2024 along the Alligator Creek Road in Central Guadalcanal. Devine Ahukela, 48, was convicted of one count of Causing Death by Reckless Driving contrary to section 38 of the Road and Transport…
Twenty-year-old Lawrence Ri’omola, an Agriculture student at Don Bosco Tetere Vocational School, Guadalcanal Plains has overcome immense challenges to achieve a major milestone in his education journey this year. Ri’omola, who comes from West Kwaio in Malaita Province, is the fifth-born in his family. He lost his father when he was very young, a tragedy…
The National Development Strategy (NDS) has been criticised by the Leader of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale describing it as too broad and vague. Speaking during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Hearing, Hon Wale told officials from the Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination that the NDS needs to be reviewed to be more simple…