Australia is helping create jobs for Solomon Islanders through skills and training, with seventeen young Solomon Islander women recently receiving their Australian accredited Working in Aged Care Preparation Skill Set qualifications. Graduates with this qualification can pursue health sector employment opportunities in Solomon Islands, or in Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme.…
THE 12th Parliament will be convened for its members to take their oaths of office and allegiance and thereafter, elect a new Speaker and Deputy Speaker. This was announced by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele at his first press conference last Friday. “The next business to attend to is the Parliament Meeting where all Members of…
PM Manele applies diplomatic skills to defuse instability threat over DPM post, announces first two political appointments, while DPM Tovosia downplays weekend report that he faces official corruption charges PRIME MINISTER Jeremiah Manele has reportedly defused an internal row which could have torn apart his newly-formed government of National Unity and Transformation Coalition (GNUT) only…
CHINESE Premier Li Qiang has described China and Solomon Islands as comprehensive strategic partners based on mutual respect and a common development agenda for a new era. Premier Li uttered this when congratulating the MP for Kia-Hograno-Havulei following his election as Prime Minister on May 2. He said since the establishment of diplomatic relations almost…
SOUTH Pacific Nickel Mining Company Ltd is proceeding to do prospecting on Tenement D in Bugotu, Isabel Province. This comes after the company, owned by Filipino logger Johnny Sy, who also serves as the Director of Bulacan Logging Company, completed their initial consultation with the landowners last week. A company representative stated that the consultation…
NEWLY elected Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele vows to maintain the country’s foreign policy to work with all traditional partners and friends. This declaration comes in response to assertions from international media portraying Manele as pro-China due to his victory in the Prime Ministerial vote by a margin of 31-18. BBC reports that Manele is poised…
Two candidates are set to compete for the premier’s post of Malaita Province next Tuesday. They are re-elected Member of the Provincial Assembly for Ward 11, Elijah Asilaua, and first-time member for Ward 29, Philip Kwato’o. Both have expressed confidence ahead of the election and are prepared to lead the populous province if successful. Asilaua…
MERCI Siwainao Clinic and Birthing Centre, located at Nine One in Henderson, East of Honiara, has achieved significant milestones since its inception on May 9, 2023. The clinic proudly boasts the delivery of 12 babies within its new labor ward, complemented by the presence of a post-natal ward and a convenient walkway connecting the two.…
SOLOMON Islands new deputy Prime Minister is Honourable Bradley Billy Smoky Rodo Tovosia who is also the Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification. Deputy Prime Minister Tovosia, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Shanel Agovaka and Minister for Lands, Housing and Survey Polycarp Paea were sworn-in by the Governor General His Excellency Sir David…
A NEW dive shop has opened its doors at Lambete Station, Munda, South New Georgia, Western Province, last week providing more opportunities for locals and tourists to enjoy scuba diving in the region. The opening of the ‘Solomon Pro Fishing & Dive Shop,’ drew a crowd of hundreds who were eager to explore what this…