PRIME Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has highlighted the importance of developing aquaculture for rural development and food security in light of pressures placed on the country’s fisheries resources. Speaking at Guadalcanal Province’s Second Appointed Day celebration on Tuesday at Mamara, Northwest Guadalcanal, Prime Minister Sogavare said fisheries is a major sector not only in Guadalcanal Province…
SOLOMON Islands will continue to rely on its overseas partners and friends to achieve security matters, especially with the international borders, law and order. Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma, highlighted this in his contribution to the debate on the TRC Final Report in Parliament on Tuesday. He said on security reform, he concurs…
THE young man who allegedly stole another man’s phone inside a public bus after stabbing him with a scissors along the Koa Hill Road in January will be sentenced on August 8. Davidson Daniel Donga, 20, has pleaded guilty to one count of Armed Robbery on a previous court date. He was initially charged with…
IN a heartfelt ceremony on Kennedy Island in the Western Province, the United States Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former US President, John F. Kennedy, paid tribute to her late father and the local brave scouts who saved him decades ago. The event commenced with a solemn speech by Western Province Premier,…
Malaita Province to sign ‘Peace’ MOU with China’s Jiangsu Province in the dying months of Premier Fini’s short time in office THE Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection (MNGFR) under the leadership of Premier Martin Fini is signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China’s Jiangsu Province. Information on the proposed MOU signing came to…
The project to construct 161 towers in and around the country has begun with the Prime Minister taking part in the ground- breaking ceremony today at Sali, in North Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province. Today’s launch is a manifestation of DCGA’s hard work and determination towards achieving the country’s National Development Strategy- “to improve the Social and…
LC Gulatatae which was heading to East Are’are and East Kwaio was forced to take shelter at Ta’arumanu after experiencing heavy seas early this morning. According to a passenger onboard the vessel, crews onboard the vessel had to throw building materials overboard as water started filling the ship early this morning. He said the ship…
A Constitutional Amendment bill to commence the scrutinization of the draft federal constitution is anticipated to go before parliament in the current sitting of Parliament. Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare, MP, made the announcement during his Address at the 39th Guadalcanal Province Second Appointed Day Celebration at Mamara, Northwest Guadalcanal. PM Sogavare said the bill…
US Ambassador to Australia in Solomon Islands for commemoration of father, John F Kennedy’s heroic rescue during WWII, thanks rescuers for bravery UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, is in the country to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the sinking of President Kennedy’s Patrol Torpedo Boat and his rescue by Solomon Islands Scouts…
ONE person is reported dead after a 60 Horse-powered boat with four persons aboard sunk whilst travelling from Gizo to Lale village on Ranongah island in the Western Province, last Friday. The body of the dead person is yet to be recovered but the search has already been called off due to bad weather and…