The caretaker Western Provincial Administration has supported the Honiara-based Western Province community to host the province’s second appointed day with $30, 000 in December. This was revealed during the budget debate on Friday in Gizo. The explanation came following a question by the Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for ward of Iriqila in Vella…
FORMER Telekom S-league (TSL) champions, Solomon Warriors FC maintain the lead for the 2022/2023 TSL season with 38 points. Warriors made it 38 points following their 1-1 draw with defending champions Central Coast on Sunday at Lawson Tama. Warriors have so far played 15 matches, won 12, drew 2 and lost one. Despite leading, the…
MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah has met with a team from the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Support for Graduation (IATF) to discuss the Solomon Islands request for a three-year deferment of its proposed graduation as a Least Developed Country in December 2024. Minister Manele and senior officials from MFAET and…
13-year-old diagnosed with brain cancer A FAMILY is now desperate to secure financial support as they are racing against time to save their only daughter who is being diagnosed with brain tumor. Thirteen -year old Rosemary Leah Kelesiwasi is from ‘Suava’ in Lau and ‘Gwaidadai’ in Kwara’ae, Malaita Province. She was a young bright student…
Only 11 matters relating to the riot in November 2021 are outstanding in the Honiara Magistrates Court from the total of 91 matters filed, says Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer. Sir Albert revealed the data yesterday at the 2023 Legal Opening Year yesterday to clear the air following numerous calls for perpetrators of the 2021…
A GROUP of Solomon Islands teachers paid a courtesy visit to the Solomon Islands Embassy in Suva, Fiji, on Monday. The teachers, mostly from the Adventist schools in the country, are in Fiji ahead of a three-day training at the Fulton Adventist University Collage in Nadi this week. Because they had more free time since…
It was a wonderful celebration of music, art and culture as musicians from Australia and Solomon Islands came together to share their music and their cultures at the Wantok Musik Concert on Saturday 21 January at the Pacific Crown Hotel in Honiara. The Wantok Musik Concert 2023 was a collaboration between the Australian High Commission…
The once deteriorating relationship of Bopo community in Marovo over Constituency Development Fund (CDF) assistance has finally been mended and restored on Sunday 22nd January 2023. This was after Member of Parliament (MP) for Marovo Constituency Honourable Chachabule Amoi and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Dr Samson Viulu and his…
THE Government’s 2023 Pacific Games Fundraising drive has kicked off with a $2 million haul – thanks to Solomon Islands Postal Corporation, trading as Solomon Post. The payment was made in Honiara on Monday this week. Chief Executive Officer, Alfred Ghemu Kituru said Solomon Post is committed to supporting GOC in its preparations for the delivery…
Western Provincial Tourism Division has received the sum of $1 million dollars support from the Solomon Island Government (SIG) to boost up its tourism activities in Western Province. The $1M will be projected under a Cruise Ship Jetty Project that will be carried out later sometime this year in Gizo at the provincial capital western…