The Supervising Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka held a fruitful bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence for Australia, Hon. Richard Marles on Wednesday 28 June 2023. During the meeting, the Supervising Foreign Minister, Hon. Agovaka acknowledges the cordial bilateral relations with Australia and for…
More than 300 women from East Choiseul Constituency (ECC) have successfully completed their two-week of intensive life-skills training on 27 June 2023 at the ECC Development Centre in Kerepangara Ward 15, Choiseul Province. The training on sewing, sewing machine troubleshooting, bakery, floral and other important life-skills training for mother and girls was facilitated by Madam…
Local employees of the national stadium bid farewell as the project go towards its completion. The event was held on Saturday on the west stands of stadium, where the project team, National Hosting Authority, and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour & Immigration (Labour Division) gathered. The Executive Director of NHA delivered a speech, expressing…
SINCE the outbreak of the Corona virus (COVID-19) in early 2019, a number of government-sponsored students studying in the Philippines have been recalled back to the country. Kedrian Vilibasia, 39, from Chimba village on the weathercoast of South Guadalcanal is one of them. Like all other students, he was also affected by the negative impact of…
The National Government admires the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce, SICCI’s resilience and steadfastness despite the country’s critical business environment. Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare MP personally conveyed this to the SICCI board of directors. The new board, led by its chair and Marketing and Corporate Affairs Manager of Solomon Breweries Limited, Qila Tuhanuku paid…
AUSTRALIA’S Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, has lauded the Australia-Solomon Islands bilateral relations as a partnership based on shared values and is as strong as ever. He spoke highly about this partnership and the fundamental values and connections upon which it is based when concluding his two-day visit to Honiara…
THE Kilu’ufi Hospital Medical Imaging (X-ray) Department is boosted with the instalment of a new mobile X-ray machine to support its work. The instalment of the new mobile X-ray machine was made more than week ago and is now serving its purpose. Following the successful instalment of the new machine, staff working at the Kilu’ufi…
THE West Papua International spokesperson for the Free West Papua Campaign has visited the Malaita Provincial capital, Auki, for the first time. Raki Ap, who is based in the Netherlands, arrived in the country on Monday last week. He visited Auki last Friday where he conducted an information-sharing session about the threats his people of…
HCC-MFMR’s Kukum warehouse raid nabs undersized trochus shells A JOINT operation by the Honiara City Council (HCC) law enforcement officers and officers from the Fisheries Department in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has reportedly nabbed a large quantity of undersized trochus shells from a warehouse at Kukum. The alleged raid which began…
SOLOMON Islands national Futsal team, Kurukuru finished off their first international friendly match against the Australian Futsalroos with a 1-1 draw at the Heffron Centre yesterday. It was a tough contest between the two teams which ended with a nil all draw in the first half. The hosts were the first to find the back…