OVER 800 athletes from Solomon Islands will be travelling to Australia to train in the lead up to the 2023 Pacific Games. A statement from the Australian High Commission in Honiara yesterday said second secretary Tilda Michalski was at the Solomon Islands National Institute of Sport (SINIS) to farewell the country’s hockey team as they…
Newly elected West Kwara’ae Constituency MP faces five counts of bribery allegations in an election petition filed by three persons, including two unsuccessful candidates THE newly elected Member of Parliament for Malaita Province’s West Kwara’ae Constituency, Alfred JM Tuasulia, is facing an election petition with five counts of bribery allegations levelled against him. According to…
Eighty athletes selected to undertake intensive training in China have been formally farewelled by Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare. The athletes will spend 90 days intensive training in China to prepare them physically and mentally to compete in the 2023 Pacific Games on their return. The 80 athletes are our representatives in Seven of the…
THE Australian High Commission last week hosted Clarence ‘CJ’ McCarthy-Grogan, an Indigenous Australian wheelchair basketballer undertaking community outreach across Honiara. A statement from the Australian High Commission said CJ’s visit was part of Australia’s partnership with Solomon Islands ahead of the 2023 Pacific Games, where Australia is the numbawan training partner. CJ was in Honiara…
BANK South Pacific has discussed with Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) how it can support SINPF in providing choices for employers and members in various payment channels. This discussion was held during Bank South Pacific (BSP) Financial Group chief executive officer Mark Robinson’s courtesy call on Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) chief executive…
A NEW digital x-ray machine for body fractures and tuberculosis (TB) is now in operation at the Helena Goldie Hospital in Munda, Western Province. The machine was donated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS). Medical doctor at HGH, Hendrick Kaniki told this paper that the…
THE Speaker of National Parliament, Sir John Patteson Oti has positively responded to an urgent appeal by the National Referral Hospital’s (NRH’s) Paediatric Department to assist six children with congenital heart disease to travel to Fiji for heart surgeries. In response to the appeal, Sir John, in a small by moving ceremony on Thursday last…
A symposium to get public opinion and views on the newly proposed Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Act 2023 is set for tomorrow, Thursday 6 July 2023. The symposium will be held at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Lecture Theatre, Kukum Campus. It will commence at 1pm. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) in collaboration…
An Inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service to be conducted tomorrow at the Anglican Saint Barnabas Cathedral will commence activities to mark the country’s 45th Independence Anniversary this week. The ecclesiastical event will begin at 8:00am. Chair of the National Organising Committee and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jeffery Sade Deve, announced the programme on…
Pacific countries opposed released of Radioactive wastewater OPPOSITION is growing across the Pacific against Japan’s plan to release nearly 1.3 million tons of radioactive wastewater from its defunct Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean over the next 30 years. While there are support by some governments, Tokyo’s plan is stirring broad opposition…