The Guadalcanal Provincial Provincial Premier Anthony Veke, his Executive and officials were honored to receive H.E Paul Maddison, High Commissioner of Canada to Solomon Islands at the provincial headquarters last Thursday. Premier Veke thanked His Excellency for taking his time off his busy schedule to visit Guadalcanal province. H.E Maddison was briefed on the progress…
COMMUNITIES along the Ata’a river in Baegu Asifola, north east Malaita, say they are running out of food due to the bad weather. And they are appealing for relief food supplies. About six communities living along the river claimed their food gardens have been washed away by floods brought on from the heavy down since…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela and Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare have refuted claims that they are not in talking terms with each other. In a joint statement on Wednesday, the two leaders said they have a lot of work to do in such a short period of time and they cannot be deterred from this…
The visiting FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour will be here for less than four hours. That’s according to the program released by Media Partners on Tuesday. The plane carrying football’s most coveted trophy will arrive in the early hours tomorrow morning in the FWCTT plane at the Henderson International Airport. Starting from 8am to 8:30am…
THERE will be tight security in place when the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola arrives in Honiara on Thursday the 1st of February 2018, giving Solomon Islands fans the chance to experience football’s most coveted prize. This was revealed by Coca-Cola officials who are in the country at the moment sorting out program…
GOVERNOR General Sir Frank Kabui will be the only Solomon Islander that has the permission to touch the FIFA World Cup ™ Trophy, when it graces Honiara tomorrow. He will be joining other heads of states, and World Cup winning players in the over 50 countries that the trophy has visited and scheduled to visit,…
THE National Government through the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) will start repair and maintenance work on Honiara’s main roads as soon as the current bad weather subsides. Acting MID Permanent Secretary Jimmy Nuake on Tuesday said this road maintenance will include the Vura-Naha-Kolaridge road under the National Transport Fund (NTF). “We have procured three…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has appealed to the traveling public to think safety first before embarking on any trip at sea in light of the current bad weather. A statement from the Police Media Unit said, this advice comes after police continues to receive reports of people missing at sea or encountering…
A SMALL vessel carrying 20 students and three crew members have been successfully rescued on 30 January 2018 after the vessel developed mechanical problems while travelling from Moli, in Choiseul Province to Gizo, in Western Province. The boat, owned by the Catholic Diocese in Gizo left Moli for Gizo on 28 January, when it experienced…
A total of six new volunteers under Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have already arrived in the country to do voluntary jobs around the country. They consists of three males and three females who spend around two years in the field of expertise and work assignments. Most of them will be based in the three…