THE Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has announced that teachers will receive their updated salaries before the processing of the Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA). This update was outlined in a circular issued by MEHRD to all education providers across the country on March 6. According to the circular, the 2025 MEHRD budget includes…
A SOLOMON Islands youth leader Bethalyn Kelly has been announced as the winner of the top 2025 Commonwealth Youth Awards for the Pacific region last week. She was nominated for the prestigious Commonwealth Youth Award for forming a girlsโ club dedicated to empowering young women. The 20-year-old was named the Pacific Regional Winner of the Commonwealth…
VARIOUS Communities in and around Tulagi in the Central Islands Province have expressed their gratitude towards the newly refurbished Tulagi Hospital. They’ve shown this by presenting traditional gifts to the National Government, the World Bank and various stakeholders involved in the hospital improvement project on Friday. Three Tulagi Hospital buildings refurbished under the World Bank-funded…
Former Prime Minister and Senior Statesman the Late Sir Francis Billy Hilly KCMG will be accorded a State Funeral on Wednesday 19 March 2025. The body of the late Sir Francis will lie in State at the National Parliament Chambers from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm for public viewing by Dignitaries and members of the…
A MALE school teacher has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing student boys aged 15 and 16. The incident happened while they were under his guardianship in 2022 at a High School in Vona Vona Lagoon, Western Province. The 40 year-old defendant who cannot be named to protect the identity of…
A hunt is underway for three suspects who allegedly removed a Church owned 60hp Yamaha outboard motor (OBM) engine at Yacht club area in Point Cruz, Honiara on Friday afternoon. The OBM is owned by the Anglican Church of Melanesian (ACOM) Church Education Provider to be used in its work. In a statement the Education…
SUPPORTERS of former Malaita Province Premier Daniel Suidani have welcomed the High Court ruling in favor of Suidani in Honiara on Thursday. High Court Justice Maelyn Bird on Thursday, declared that the removal of Suidani in 20 March, 2023 based on the letter of former Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening, Rollen Seleso and…
REnew Pacific launched its first project last week, which is set to benefit over 81,000 people in Solomon Islands by providing clean, renewable energy to power healthcare, education and essential services. Led by Superbly Limited, a Solomon Islands-based solar energy company, the two-year project will install a solar hybrid system at Atoifi Adventist Hospital in…
Chief Magistrate Emma Garo has dismissed charges against two chiefs and a spokesman from Choiseul Province, who were accused of making false statements under oath. Chief John Kokoro, Chief Alosi Jonah, and Jerry Pakivai were charged with making a false statement on oath outside of a judicial proceeding, contrary to Section 103(a) and Section 21(a)…
THE prosecution has reached the midpoint in calling its witnesses in the trial of a police officer accused of stealing $300,000 plus kept as exhibit in the Police Facility at Rove Headquarters in 2020. Makasi Dolaiano is on trial on one count of stealing as a Clerk. The prosecution has presented eight witnesses and is…