Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has highlighted the importance of Parliament induction program during the opening of the program at the Heritage Park Hotel on Monday evening. In his speech he reiterated his admiration on the theme of the induction program is ‘TO LEAD is to SERVE-United Action for a better Solomon Islands.’ The PM…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) took another bold step into the technology age when the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Glynn Galo signed a multimillion dollar contract with TechnologyOne, an Australian IT company on Friday. A statement from the Vice Chancellor’s office said, the contract will enable TechnologyOne supply and install at SINU UniversityOne, a student management…
The Speaker of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands Ajilon Jasper Nasiu has acknowledged and welcomed the presence of Honorable Jonathan Richard O’Dea and Mr Simon Johnston from New South Wales Parliament for accepting the invitation to attend the MPs second induction program currently underway. “I thank you most profoundly for accepting the request made…
SOLOMON Islands is to feature in a global promotion which will appear in Forbes, regarded as the world’s leading business magazine in the world later this year. Journalists Sheila O’Callaghan and Christopher French of the Magazine’s London Bureau last week interviewed Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara. They also interviewed Finance Minister, Snyder Rini as…
Seven doctors and four nurses from the Flinders Medical Centre in Australia are currently in the country to help out in the outpatient and emergency ward at the National Referral Hospital (NRH). Speaking to the Solomon Star yesterday, Director of the Emergency ward Dr Pedical Togamae has confirmed that a total of 11 medical experts…
Hard work pays off with 10 medals The head coach of the Solomon Islands young tennis team to represent Solomon Islands in the West Pacific Tennis Championship, Johnson Taliki is impressed with the performance of his team after they won 10 medals. He said, the top performance by the players was due to the hard…
The proposed Womens rugby 10s competition which is scheduled to kick off this Thursday 14th May has been deferred for a week to give teams more preparation time. The new date for the opening will be on the 21st of May which is next Thursday. So far organizers have received confirmation from two teams and…
The national rugby 15s team will continue with the preparation training at Town Ground Rugby Stadium. Training kicks off at 5pm in the afternoon on Tuesdays and Thursdays to start off with and players are obliged to train with their clubs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The rugby 15s Mens training squad will train alongside…
The Solomon Islands Paralympics team will take part in three sports in the Pacific Games in July. The three sports are shot-put, table tennis and Javelin. Solomon Islands National Paralympics Federation (SINPF) has confirmed the team comprise of five athletes. Preparations for the Solomon Islands Paralympics team for the Pacific Games are going on well said,…
THE acronym N.G.O. is now ubiquitous. Non-Government Organisations: why do they exist and for what reason? Who are they and how do they operate? Where are they operating from and most importantly of all, for whom do they operate? These are really healthy questions. According to Wikipedia an NGO is an organization that is neither…