BSP Financial Group Limited is working to find a solution to the ‘Duplicate Transaction Issue’ which has affected a lot of its customers in Solomon Islands that perform a number of transactions on Thursday. BSP in a statement issued at 3pm today, Friday assured customers that its technical teams are investigating this issue to rectify…
GUADALCANAL Province Premier Willie Atu has hailed the bilaterial relations between Solomon Islands and China, acknowledging the infrastructure transformational changes that it brought about in Honiara. Premier Atu praised the 5-year-old SI-Sino relations when a delegation from Jiangmen City of the People’s Republic of China’s Guangdong Province paid a courtesy call on him and his…
Solomon Islands has made its voice heard on the existing threats posed by sea level rise at the global podium by pleading to global emitters to take the leadership in drastically cutting down emissions. At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) high level plenary meeting on addressing the ‘Existential Threats Posed By Sea Level Rise’, Minister…
Australia through the Defence Cooperation Program continue to support Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to maintain safety and security of the western border region over the past years. To witness how the partnership and the engagement has been implemented, a high level delegation from both the Australian and Solomon Islands Government visited the Border,…
At a recent workshop on inclusivity in the workplace, the Solomon Islands construction sector heard powerful stories from people with disabilities working in infrastructure and about how inclusive workplaces have helped them earn an income and make valuable contributions to society. The workshop was delivered under Australia’s Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program Workforce Skills Series, helping…
CHIEF Justice Sir Albert Palmer has struck out the election petition filed against the Member of Parliament for Gizo-Kolombangara, Jimson Tanangada due to lack of evidence to support the allegations therein. Sir Albert ordered in his ruling on Wednesday that all six grounds of election bribery and one ground of ineligibility to contest this year’s…
THE application to strike out the election petition filed against Member of Parliament (MP) for North Malaita, Daniel Suilea Waneoroa was heard on Monday but no date has been set for the handing own of the ruling. Judge Michael Pitakaka heard submissions from counsels on the strike out application but did not give any date…
THE Western Provincial Government (WPG) has made several changes following the resignation of Calrick Runimetu as Deputy Premier and Finance Minister on Monday. The changes saw a new Deputy Premier, a Finance Minister and a new Culture and Tourism Minister being sworn-in on Tuesday. The resignation of Runimetu, who cited underutilization in his role as…
THE Tina River Hydropower Development Project (TRHDP) in Central Guadalcanal is set to meet up to 70 percent of Honiara’s electricity demand by 2028. This was highlighted by the Project Manager Pradip Verma, pictured, in his presentation at the National Energy Summit held in Honiara recently. The theme of the summit was “Transforming through Innovative…
Solomon Islands continue to gain the trust and confidence of more United Nations (UN) member states with the Republic of Rwanda being the latest country to strike bilateral relations with the nation. At the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Head of the Solomon Islands Delegation to this week’s United Nation’s General Assembly and…