THE newly built University of the South Pacific (USP) Solomon Islands campus located at King George, East Honiara will be formally commissioned and opened on Thursday, 3rd October. The official opening ceremony will commence at around 10am in the morning and will see a high-level delegation from the government, USP and donor partners witnessing the event.…
Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele MP has engaged in two separate bilateral consultations in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday 1st October. The first was with His Excellency Mohamed Saif Al SUWADI, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development- one of UAE’s leading financial institutions established to provide financing for infrastructure projects in developing…
A total of over $200 million has been allocated for the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) programme this year by the Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT). Minister for the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Rollen Seleso revealed in Parliament a fortnight ago. “…I wish to thank the Government for National Unity and Transformation, for…
OVER 400 residents of the Makira-Ulawa Provincial Capital Kirakira received free medical services provided by the 3rd China Medical Team (CMT) in Solomon Islands over a five-day period. The free clinical service, provided by the 3rd CMT from Friday 20 September to Wednesday 25 September at the invitation of the Makira-Ulawa Provincial Government, marks the sixth…
A male teacher in his 40s has been arrested and remanded after being caught having sexual intercourse with his 6-year-old stepdaughter inside their home. The incident recently occurred in Makira/Ulawa province which shocked the community. After the matter was reported, officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Kira Kira arrested the man.…
FOR the past three years, a former student of Kukudu Adventist College (KAC) on Kolombangara island, Western Province, has been supporting the top performing form three student. This is part of giving back to KAC for educating him. Meet Dr Elvis Japhlet from Ilanunu village, East Kwaio, Malaita Province. Dr Japhlet comes from a tribe called…
The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN OHRLLS) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Solomon Islands’ graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status. This was the emphasis of a key bilateral meeting between the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High…
A male suspect in his 30s had been arrested for a serious injury incident at Rohua village in West Makira recently. Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Kirakira police station carried out the arrest. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Makira/Ulawa province, Superintendent Peter Sitai said, it was alleged that the suspect and…
SIG in a dilemma over its SBD140M land buy-back scheme, COL cautions that accepting the DOCA means paying off someone’s debt THE GOVERNMENT appears to be in a dilemma over its hastily arranged $140 million scheme to buy-back prime land jointly owned by Levers Solomon Ltd (LSL) and Russell Islands Plantation Estate Ltd. Commissioner of…
TWO women accused of attacking another woman at the Tetere Estate Office compound of the Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL 2) in Guadalcanal Province will be taking their pleas on October 14. Anna Vathagi, 29 and Lisa Kope, 40, are facing the charge of Unlawful Wounding. They both appeared in the Honiara Magistrate Court…