U.S. Government Hosts Business Study Tour for Solomon Islands Agribusinesses to the United States

Six Solomon Islands businesses and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) have traveled to the United States on October 21-27, 2023, for a market linkages and business networking study tour. The study tour, organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Environment –…

Foreign Minister meets with PRC vice Minister of International Department of CCP

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon.Jeremiah Manele held a bilateral meeting with the Vice Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, His Excellency (HE) Guo Yezhou in Honiara, on Friday, 27 October 2023. The Foreign Minister took the opportunity to welcome HE Yezhou and his…

New Act embraces new vision

THE new ‘Education Act 2023’ embraces a new vision for the next generation of education. That’s according to the Minister for the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) Honourable Lanelle Tanangada when delivering her keynote address during the celebration of the Act at Pacific Crown Hotel on Wednesday. “The Education Act 2023 embraces…

Clinics experience drug shortage

AS the country counts down to hosting the 17th Pacific Games in Honiara, clinics continue to put notices outside their doors informing the sick of the list of drugs that are out of stock. Some of the drugs that the clinics don’t have in stock are Co-trimoxazol, Amoxicillin, Cloxacillin, Metronidazole, Primaquine, Indomethacin, Nystatin, Ibuprofen and…

Court stories

Stepfather gets 22 years behind bars A MAN who sexually abused and raped his two stepdaughters and fathered three children with one of them in Malaita has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. The defendant who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victims was convicted of one count of Rape, one…