Minister of Finance and Treasury, Hon. Harry Kuma return on Monday, 10th October, after attending the 55th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors Annual Meeting from 26 – 30 September 2022 held at the ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines. Accompanying the Minister was Governor of Central Bank of Solomon Islands Dr Luke Forau, and Mr.…
FORMER and current students of King George VI school staged a colourful float parade from Commonwealth Street to the school as they celebrated the 70th Anniversary Platinum jubilee, Saturday. Leading the float parade was the police motorcade followed by more than 20 floats featuring divisional classes from 1952-2022. Amongst the leaders who took part…
HE dreamt of serving his country as of this year as a qualified legal practitioner after completing his legal studies straight out of university in mid 2021. He graduated with a Diploma In Legal Practice (GDLP) at UniFiji last December with the hope of securing a job. However, the struggle became a reality after he…
COMMUNITIES of Malaita Outer Island (MOI) are calling on the Government through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to speed up the beche-de-mer (sea cucumber) management plan. The call was issued following last week’s peaceful protest by grade five students of Pelau Primary School on MOI. “Our call is for the Ministry of Fisheries…
MASTER of MV Taimareho 1 Michael Roy Galo has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of the 27 passengers who were swept off board and died during a sea incident in 2020. He entered his not guilty pleas to the 27 Manslaughter charges before Deputy Chief Magistrate Ricky Iomea. Following his not guilty pleas, a…
Solomon Water continues to experience severe water shortages at its Kongulai source affecting many customers in Honiara. This started in July this year and as of this week there have been no significant changes to the situation. Chief Executive Officer Ian Gooden says, “𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦…
The Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DGCA) has affirmed its sincere support to the first-ever Solomon Islands Constituency Development Policy (SICD) which is currently in its consultation phase. Policy Secretary- Resource Sector from the Prime Minister’s Office (OPMC) Jimson Tanangada made this affirmation on Thursday during the SICD Policy consultation held at the Pacific Casino…
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Jeremiah Manele met with his Qatari counterpart Mr. Sultan Bin Saad Al Muraikhi at the margins of the 77th UNGA in New York on 19 September 2022. The two Ministers discussed matters of mutual interest including potential support from the Government of Qatar including Education and…
Solomon Ports today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) for the provision of Traffic Lights, warning sign boards, and road markings for Honiara City. The signing was conducted by SIPA’s Chief Executive officer Mr. Eranda Kotelawala, and the Permanent Secretary of MID Mr. Stephen Maesiola at MID’s headquarters in…
West Kwaio polling day tomorrow The people of West Kwaio in Malaita Province will know their new Member of Parliament (MP) on Thursday as they set to cast their votes in the by-election tomorrow. Six candidates are vying for the West Kwaio by-election. As of Monday they ceased their campaign rallies and are waiting for…