Paving the way for a naval military base in Solomon Islands was the main concern of Australia on the security pact Honiara and Beijing signed recently. But the Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services, Anthony Veke, saw no cause for alarm in the security pact. “A lot is being said in the media…
State Owned Enterprise, Solomon Islands Water Authority, trading under brand name Solomon Water has introduced its new board chairman Donald Marahare to Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare. Chairman Marahare took over from outgoing chair Carson Korowa. In his brief remarks, Mr. Marahare thanked the Government under the PM’s leadership for ongoing support to Solomon Water. …
Australia’s flagship Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program (SIIP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) in May to support the upgrade of the country’s second largest port in Noro, Western Province. SIIP will deliver a detailed design to increase the capacity and efficiency of Noro Port which processes both domestic…
THE Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) has extended its COVID-19 Extra Care training to tourism operators in Isabel and Western provinces. Principle tourism training officer of the Tourism Division within the MCT Rachel Sibisopere said the training is to teach tourism operators and staff on the strict COVID-19 safe protocols to enable them to…
PRIME minister Manasseh Sogavare has dismissed criticism of a new maritime investment deal with China on Wednesday, saying there was nothing “sinister” in the draft agreement. The new agreement, a copy of which has been leaked to the media, comes after a controversial security pact was signed last month. The security pact gave Beijing a…
THE Malaita Provincial Premier Daniel Suidani says he is not the one who arranged the reconciliation ceremony held at Bethel community in East Fataleka, in Malaita Province recently. Premier Suidani said he is just a guest at the event and not the organizer. The Malaita Premier has responded to yet another desperate attempt by Israel Siau…
SOLOMON Islands finest singer and songwriter, Jaro Local will be performing his final show of his Australian ‘Home-Sick’ tour at Serbian Youth Hall in Sydney, tonight. The son of the country’s famous Sharzy in an earlier interview said so far, he has performed a total of six acts already. He also shared the intension of…
The Prime Minister, on behalf of the government and people of Solomon Islands, has conveyed a condolence message to his Papua New Guinea counterpart, James Marape, on the loss of the PNG deputy Prime Minister, late honorable Sam Basil. In a formal letter of condolence to honorable Marape, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stated that Sam…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at the Western border between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Solomon Islands (SI) have arrested a 64 years old male person from Sirovai village, Koromira in Central Bougainville for breaching the State of Public Emergency (SoPE) that has been enforced. Forward Commander at the Western border…
THE Solomon Islands National University will commence lectures on Monday, the 23rd of May. A statement from the university’s executive management said the National Oversight Committee has now granted formal approval for the university to commence lectures on 23rd May. The statement said this approval was granted following recommendations from the Ministry of Health and…