HONIARA is requesting Abu Dhabi to consider granting Duty-free and Quota-free (DFQF) market access for Solomon Islands products under the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) World Trade Organization (WTO) criteria. Solomon Islands Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Cornelius Walegerea has been tasked by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele and his delegation on the trip to…
FARMERS in Malaita Province have expressed delight over the recent delivery of agricultural equipment from China’s Jiangsu Province to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) and Malaita Province. The equipment handover ceremony was held at the JQY Warehouse at Lungga-Henderson Crossroad in Central Guadalcanal on Friday 18 October. Malaita Province and Jiangsu enjoy a Sister Relationship and the donation of agricultural equipment come under their…
THE Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is in contact with the Abu Dhabi Fund for development for possible co-financing of the Dala-Atori Road with the Saudi Fund for Development and other development partners. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele revealed this to the media last week in response to media criticism over his SBD2.1 million back-to-back trip to…
A 36-year-old man from Hongaubea, Bellona, in Renbel Province has been sentenced to three years imprisonment on Wednesday 23 October in the Honiara Magistrate court. Nigel Haibagau received the sentence after he was found guilty of stabbing a Bangladesh national, Sumsi Hague with a kitchen knife in the side of his head. He committed the offence…
THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Senior Lecturer and Head of School of Education, Dr John Lenga Sisiolo has shared the story of his educational journey to a group of Form 6 graduands with the objective of inspiring them to persevere in their own educational journeys and be successful. Dr Sisiolo, who earned his PhD in…
A team from the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has successfully conducted a mid-term review of the National Education Action Plan (NEAP) 2022-2026 in Auki, Malaita province and Tulagi in Central province. The review was conducted concurrently in Auki from Wednesday 23rd -Thursday 24th and in Tulagi from Thursday 24th -Friday 25th October to assess the…
It will be a repeat of last year’s title decider when Tahiti face the Solomon Islands in the OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup final on Saturday. This is despite the fact that Fiji have ended their group stage campaign, today, on a high with a 6-5 penalty shootout victory over the hosts, after they…
Health Leaders from the Western Pacific, currently attending the 75th RCM in Manila, Philippines, have unanimously endorsed Solomon Islands and Japan as the next Western Pacific representatives to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board, replacing China and Micronesia, whose terms end in 2025. This is the first time ever that Solomon Islands is accorded the…
High Court clips businessman Bartlett’s wings on Russell Islands land deal BUSINESSMAN Alex Bartlett faces the prospect of having to pay back $1 million he advanced from the Copra Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) in a deal to sell a popular beachfront hideaway in West Honiara for $7 million. The deal involves the titles of some…
Solomon Islands last week joined some of the World’s leading news agencies at the 6th World Media Summit in Urumqi, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The media summit discussed the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and media transformation in the advent of AI. The 6th World Media Summit brought together over 500 representatives from…