HONIARA City Council (HCC) Lord Mayor, Eddie Siapu has officially handover the HCC building permit to China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC), to build seven sports facilities in the capital for the 2023 Pacific Games. The building permit was received by CCECC Project Manager, Pengfei Huang during the historical ground breaking ceremony, Wednesday. Before…
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) as the government ministry leading COVID-19 response, acknowledge concern raised by the Opposition Office regarding dire situation in India and the government’s plans to acquire bulk of AstraZeneca vaccines from India. Additionally the Opposition Office claimed that the local shipping agent of MV Chefoo that arrived in…
The historic groundbreaking ceremony to officially begin construction of major sporting infrastructures in Honiara on May 5 has demonstrated the growth of the Solomon Islands-China relations in a short span of time. The state of the art stadium project is one of the important outcomes of the consensus reached by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and…
POLICE at Kira Kira in Makira Ulawa Province are investigating a 36-year-old male person for being in possession of marijuana. The man was caught on 23 April 2021, a statement issued by Police Media Unit said. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Makira-Ulawa Province Superintendent Peter Sitai said it was alleged that on the 23 April 2021 police…
Australia delivers $37m Covid-19 support to SOEs’ SOLOMON Airlines and Solomon Water are the beneficiaries of Australia’s latest funding support totalling $37 million, it was announced Thursday. Australia’s High Commissioner, Lachlan Strahan and the Minister of Finance and Treasury, Harry Kuma signed the funding agreement on Tuesday 4th May, a statement issued by the Australian High…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at Taro Police Station have arrested six suspects for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old female student at Pangoe village in Choiseul Province on 29 April 2021. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Choiseul Province, Superintendent Vincent Eria says, “Five suspects in relation to the rape incident are in their 20s…
THE Makira Ulawa Premier, Julian Maka’a has said in Kira Kira, the Provincial Capital bananas are traditional food crops which must not be ignored in the Provincial Government’s efforts to develop agriculture. He says the Agriculture Sector which is normally referred to as the backbone of the national economy is also that of his province,…
THE 2023 Pacific Games stadium project will continue to strengthen the bilateral relations between Solomon Islands and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This was the clear message coming from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to Solomon Islands His Excellency Li Ming and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speeches. They both delivered their speeches…
LEADER of Opposition Mathew Wale questions the excessive tenancy agreement signed recently by the owner of the Melanesian Haus and the Ministry of Infrastructure to house the Infrastructure Development Unit which was previously accommodated at the Hyundai Mall Building. It has been revealed that the new tenancy agreement provides for the rental at $280,000.00 doubling…
A YOUNG man who stabbed his drinking partner to death and also injured a security officer at Point Cruz, in 2019 will serve 11 and a half years in jail before he is entitle for parole. John Wale, 21, was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment for one count of murder, two years imprisonment for unlawful…