A delay to the project planning due to the COVID 19 outbreak in 2020 and the subsequent travel restrictions that pushed back the actual construction work to early 2021 did not deter the Government and People of Japan in delivering the Honiara International Airport Project on time especially before Solomon Islands hosts the Pacific Games…
IN May 2022, Beiporo Primary school on Vella La Vella, Western Province, signed a grant support worth $686,000 with the Japanese Government for the construction of a new classroom complex. This month, ten months on from the signing ceremony, the two-storey complex stands complete. For head teacher, Robson Apusae, this is a success story because…
POLICE say investigation into the 2014 shooting and arson attack on the Sun Express boat at Mbike Island, Gela, Central Province, on the eve of the Prime Minister’s election is still active. The Police Media Unit confirmed that the investigation is active and pending new information. “The reward is still active,” the Police Media Unit…
POLICE are continuing to appeal to families and relatives of the suspect in the stabbing incident inside a public transport bus along the Mbokonavera-Skyline road in Honiara early this year to surrender him to police. The Police Media Unit said police were unable to arrest the suspect as he has no permanent address and has…
THE public have been reminded about the right days to enquire about their passport applications at the allocated times. This came after members of the public, especially those interested to take up employment in Australia and New Zealand under the labour mobility scheme, continued to crowd the Immigration Department at the Ministry of Commerce and…
SECURITY personnel of the Coast Watcher Security and Investigation Service (CWSIS) have beef up security at the Honiara Central Market. They deployed their first shift to provide public order service at the Central Market as of yesterday. CWSIS was engaged to provide security and public order service at the Honiara Central market after winning the…
Pro to confirm if Motel’s armed robbery case will proceed or not MORE time has been given to the prosecution to consider if they will proceed further or not with the matter of three men accused of robbing $100,000 at the Holiday Resort Motel at Henderson, Guadalcanal early this year. Sio Wale, 22, Dickson Fito’o,…
WEST KWARA’AE voters are expected to go to the polls in a bye-election on 17th May this year. The bye-election followed the death of Sam Iduri, who passed away earlier this year. No other details could be obtained. It is understood the Government, in consultation with representatives from the Constitution, has decided the date for…
‘Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country’. These were the words that Late Dr Baddley Ashton Anita often used to remind his children of his hard work and dedication to the church and his country, Solomon Islands. Dr Anita, who is the country’s first veterinarian…
THIRTY Solomon Islanders left the country on Monday to work as berry pickers in Queensland, Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility Scheme (PALM). The group that left on Monday consist of 15 men and 15 women who will work under a 4 year contract which is expected to end in 2026. According to the…