The first National Economic Establishment Census, NEEC, 2024 training for field officers has convened at the Solomon Islands National Statistics Office, SINSO. The two-day training involved participants from Honiara and Guadalcanal, Central Islands and Renelle-Bellona province. The training will help to identify the final list of successful field officers for the Census and prepare them…
Auki police have arrested four suspects in their 20s for stealing building materials for the newly built incinerator at Kilufii hospital on 28 October 2024. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Chief Superintendent Tex Tafoa said the total cost of the materials stolen is about SBD $10,000.00 dollars. Chief Superintendent Tafoa said, police investigation reveals that this…
Four suspects have been identified by Auki police after they allegedly threatened to kill a disabled person with dangerous weapons. The threatening incident occurred at Namohata village in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province recently. Luckily some members of the community rushed to assist the disabled elder and managed to save him from those young men. Provincial Police…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Auki police station have arrested a 27-year-old male suspect for burning down their family church building at Kakara village in West Kwara’ae, Malaita province on 26 October 2024. The suspect was believed to be drunk when he set the church on fire. The suspect was…
Solomon Islands relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is based on solid mutual friendship, recognition, and commitment to the One China principle. That’s according to the Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS), Wayne Kituru Ghemu when speaking during a recent workshop for senior officials of Solomon Islands, organised by Zhejiang Normal…
WESTERN Provincial Premier Billy Veo will face a Motion of No-Confidence (MONC) on Wednesday morning. It’s the first agenda on the order paper to be debated. The Western Provincial Full Assembly is currently underway at the Imagination Island, off Gizo. The notice of the Motion was submitted by the Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA)…
THE past two years in office has not been easy for Alliance for Change, Alignment and Rural Economic Advancement (ACAREA) regime after assuming power to lead the Western Provincial Government (WPG). That’s according to the Provincial Premier Billy Veo in his opening address at the Full Assembly meeting on Monday at the provincial capital. At the…
THE Western Provincial Government (WPG) is finalising a ten-year economic corporation framework to be submitted to the Fujian Province of China. Western Provincial Premier Billy Veo announced this on Monday at the opening of the weeklong Full Assembly meeting. “We are also finalising our Western Province Economic Cooperation 2024 – 2034 Framework which we will…
The new Manager Business of Investment and Commercial Services (BICs) at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Samson Bisafo has just completed his Master of Management. He did his studies at the University of South Australia (UniSA) in Adelaide in July 2024. Acquiring a Master of Management in Australia and a new position at the…
A young civil and structural engineer is now utilising his knowledge and skills acquired under an Australian Awards Scholarship (AAS) to ensure his local community have the same infrastructure development to those in capital Honiara of Solomon Islands. Jim Tawa Biliki received his Master of Engineering (Civil and Structural) testamur in early October while on…