SOLOMON Islands Electoral Office (SIEO) has welcomed two IT Experts from the Electoral Services International Inc (ESI) who will join its team to commence on-site upgrades to the Biometric Voter Registration System (BVRS). Work on the upgrade of the BVRS had earlier commenced with the off-site component which has been successfully completed. The arrival of…
THE National Government has appointed Dr Claudia Seutter von Lötzen as Solomon Islands Honorary Consul to Germany. Dr Seutter von Lötzen’s formal appointment was facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade through the Embassy of Solomon Islands in Brussels, Belgium, with the consent of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Dr Seutter…
BROTHERS Lonsdale Lenny and Sterry Lenny Junior have returned home, having successfully completed a seven-week intensive training at the World’s International Mines Action Standards (IMAS) Institute in Kosovo, Eastern Europe. Lonsdale and Sterry Jnr have become our first civilian nationals to complete the training outside Solomon Islands. Lonsdale and Sterry Jnr arrived back earlier this…
THE delayed Western Provincial elections is causing economic hardships to people in the province who deem the delay an act of gross injustice by the National Government. This is the view of one of the prominent leaders in the Western Provincial capital, Gizo. Speaking to Solomon Star Gizo yesterday, Freedom Tozaka, a former Principal Education…
The SI delegation to the world climate summit in Egypt will be finalised this Friday and it is expected to consist of around 30 delegates from the government and key stakeholders THE number of Solomon Islands delegates to this year’s world climate summit -COP 27- in the Red Sea resort Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt will…
A TEAM consisting of Wildlife Conservation Society and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) are inspecting Vonavona Lagoon following complaints of increasing shark fishing. A statement from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and MFMR said the inspection was in direct response to concerns raised by lagoon fisherwomen who have reported an increase in…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services has received a state-of-the-art microbiology diagnostic machine from an Australian Charity Group based in Melbourne, Australia. The SBD360,000 machine was officially handed over to the Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana by the Australia High Commission First Secretary for Health Dr Alex Stephens on behalf…
THE Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) hosted a farewell dinner to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary second contingent in Honiara last week. Deputy Secretary and Supervising Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police National Security and Correctional Services (MPNSCS), Julia Twumasi said, “On behalf of the Honourable Minister for Police and National Security,…
Australia and Solomon Islands completed the second phase of the annual Exercise Coastwatchers in Honiara and Gizo last month, building Solomon Islands’ capacity to respond to natural disasters. Australia’s Defence Adviser in Solomon Islands Lieutenant Colonel Justin Bywater said the exercise was a great success. “Our region is the most vulnerable to natural weather…
Tina hydro project under threat by angry landowners THE multi-million-dollar Tina hydro project in Central Guadalcanal is facing a revolt by a tribal landowning group, a move which could cause substantial delays in the construction of the USD86 million hydro scheme. Police trying to enforce a High Court order last week clashed with members of…