The British High Commission in Solomon Islands and Nauru yesterday celebrated Commonwealth Day by presenting Joe Billy Oge with a Points of Light Award for his outstanding service to young people in Solomon Islands. Mr Oge, 45, received the 208th Commonwealth Points of Light Awards from Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II for his work as…
Solomon Islands presence at Expo 2020 Dubai has continued to receive interests from various foreign investors who are eager to establish business operations in the Solomon Islands. A virtual meeting was convened on Wednesday 9th March 2022 between Dubai Investors and Solomon Islands Government officials and community representatives on the possible establishment of an Intravenous…
GIZO Police over the weekend raided the illegal market spot at the KHY Buni Tree market and confiscated all the items. This came after disobedient vendors continue to defy the order not to sell in a public spot in light of the COVID outbreak. During weekend the main Gizo main market is closed. Therefore most…
TWENTY-FIVE (25) more graduate doctors now joins the National Referral Hospital (NRH) Medical Team as interns. This followed the completion of the Bridging Program, a year-long teaching program to support the training of returned foreign trained medical graduates of Solomon Islands. The program is part of the SIMPLER (Solomon Islands Medical Partnerships for Learning, Education…
The Solomon Islands Government is confident to deliver the 2023 Pacific Games as scheduled regardless of the challenges generated by covid-19 in the country. This followed detailed presentations on work progresses to the Prime Minister and Caucus Wednesday this week by the National Hosting Authority (NHA) with its respective Committees. Committees that made presentations on…
A MAN who confesses to sexually abusing his six year-old grand-niece in 2019 in north Guadalcanal has been sentenced to six years in prison. Justice Maelyn Bird delivered the sentence on Monday in the High Court. The accused who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim had pleaded guilty to one count…
SOLOMON Islands on Monday recorded 95 new COVID-19 positive cases to bring the country’s total number of cases to date to 8150. Speaking during his daily update on the COVID-19 situation in the country last night, Minister of Health and Medical Services Dr Culwick Togamana said of the 95 positive cases, 19 are from Guadalcanal…
Strongim Bisnis backs Lodge THE Australian funded Strongim Bisnis Program is supporting Parangiju Mountain Lodge with the construction of its track to the Tenaru Falls. Strongim Bisnis yesterday congratulated the owners of the well-known lodge situated just outside of Honiara during a ground breaking ceremony before the construction of the Tenaru Falls track starts. The…
Covid-19 cases continue to surge into the remote parts of the country with Rennell and Bellona the latest Province to report 12 positive cases on Tuesday 1 March. The 12 cases were reported from Bellona Island from 22 samples collected. Renbel has enjoyed covid free status since the outbreak in January this year but now…
A GOVERNMENT Patrol Boat is on its way back to Honiara after checking newspaper reports last week that the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) has beaten the deadly coronavirus after an outbreak there in early January. The national government initially blamed Pelau as the entry point in the country for the virus. It later retracted the…