The Chinese Embassy has officially launched an orientation program for Solomon Islands students enrolled in Chinese universities, the Embassy has announced. The first of the program was held at the Chung Wah School in Chinatown on March 13th, it said. Counselor, Yao Ming, attended the opening session with Antonio Lee, who is the Chairman of…
Reliable sources within the Government revealed that some officers at the Foreign Investment Division (FID) are using the Office of the Prime Minister & Cabinet (OPMC) to threaten foreign investors to pay up their fines or face consequences. According to one source, on March 03rd, 2021 an email was sent to foreign companies operating in…
The COVID-19 vaccines roll out will commence with an official launch on Wednesday 24th at the Central Field Hospital. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced this in a special nationwide address last Friday. “The rollout of the vaccination program will commence with a launch on Wednesday morning, 24th March 2021 at the Central Field Hospital,” Sogavare…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) National Traffic Department in Honiara have arrested and charged a male suspect following a traffic accident in Honiara on 15 March 2021. It has been reported that the suspect was travelling in a westerly direction in a car when he veered off the road towards the…
Tar-sealing work on the Auki town main roads will start in the second part of this year 2021, says Premier Daniel Suidani. Premier Suidani told the Malaita Provincial Assembly recently that the road upgrade is part of the World Bank-funded Solomon Island Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP). He said under this project, bridges along the…
HENDERSON Eels duo Joses Nawo and Raphael Lea’i continued their top form in scoring goals, extending their goal tally in the golden boot race. Both players seemed to be unstoppable in front of the goal as they both finish the second to last match of the Telekom S-League (TSL) with a hat trick each. The…
Ruavatu school ‘saved’ from closing down NORTHEAST Guadalcanal Constituency’s recently elected MP, Ethel Lency Vokia, has ‘saved’ Ruavatu Provincial Secondary School from closing down, according to its Principal, Sister Veronica Poki. This fate of the School – said to be one of Guadalcanal Province’s premiere schools – was revealed by Sister Poki earlier this…
Chengs company Ltd in Honiara is organising a ‘CleanOp’ initiative this Saturday. It’s the first of its kind to be staged by the company. The cleanup effort will take place in the Kukum area. It will kick off from the Chengs building at Kukum, starting at 2.30 pm. Youth groups within the Kukum area, church youths,…
• Vaccine will be launched on Wednesday• PM first to be vaccinated The first batch of the 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will touch down at the Honiara International Airport at 2 pm today. According to an informant within the government, the vaccine will arrive at 2 pm at the Honiara International Airport…
Will other constituencies follow West New Georgia’s ‘Experiment’? THE nation’s 172 wards could expect to get direct budgetary funding from the national government if an ‘experiment’ being trialed by the West New Georgia Constituency in Western Province proved successful, it was disclosed yesterday. West New Georgia MP, Silas Tausinga, yesterday formally signed a Memorandum…