The Supervising Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka held a fruitful bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence for Australia, Hon. Richard Marles on Wednesday 28 June 2023. During the meeting, the Supervising Foreign Minister, Hon. Agovaka acknowledges the cordial bilateral relations with Australia and for…
Local employees of the national stadium bid farewell as the project go towards its completion. The event was held on Saturday on the west stands of stadium, where the project team, National Hosting Authority, and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour & Immigration (Labour Division) gathered. The Executive Director of NHA delivered a speech, expressing…
SINCE the outbreak of the Corona virus (COVID-19) in early 2019, a number of government-sponsored students studying in the Philippines have been recalled back to the country. Kedrian Vilibasia, 39, from Chimba village on the weathercoast of South Guadalcanal is one of them. Like all other students, he was also affected by the negative impact of…
AUSTRALIA’S Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, has lauded the Australia-Solomon Islands bilateral relations as a partnership based on shared values and is as strong as ever. He spoke highly about this partnership and the fundamental values and connections upon which it is based when concluding his two-day visit to Honiara…
THE Kilu’ufi Hospital Medical Imaging (X-ray) Department is boosted with the instalment of a new mobile X-ray machine to support its work. The instalment of the new mobile X-ray machine was made more than week ago and is now serving its purpose. Following the successful instalment of the new machine, staff working at the Kilu’ufi…
THE West Papua International spokesperson for the Free West Papua Campaign has visited the Malaita Provincial capital, Auki, for the first time. Raki Ap, who is based in the Netherlands, arrived in the country on Monday last week. He visited Auki last Friday where he conducted an information-sharing session about the threats his people of…
HCC-MFMR’s Kukum warehouse raid nabs undersized trochus shells A JOINT operation by the Honiara City Council (HCC) law enforcement officers and officers from the Fisheries Department in the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has reportedly nabbed a large quantity of undersized trochus shells from a warehouse at Kukum. The alleged raid which began…
MNGFR refutes reports of being responsible for the issuance of a prospecting licence to a Chinese company to carry out mineral prospecting in East Malaita THE Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection (MNGFR) has angrily refuted claims it was responsible for initiating the grant of prospecting licence to a Chinese company in East Malaita. “This…
IN anticipation of the upcoming Melanesian Spearhead Group Leader’s Summit in Vanuatu this month, there is a growing call for West Papua to be granted full membership in the organisation. “The summit is set to be held in July in Port Vila, Vanuatu, which is expected to bring together leaders from Melanesian countries and territories…
HIGH prices of goods at the Gizo Market in the Western Province are affecting consumers who are grappling to cope with the effect of this inflation on their budget and their daily diet. The market is widely known for its wide variety of fresh root crops and vegetables and abundant fish supply. The high prices…