The Public Affairs Team at the U.S. Embassy recently had the pleasure to meet with three participants of this year’s Pacific Islands Leadership Program (PILP). The PILP Fellowship initiative is an East-West Center sponsored program designed to provide opportunities that will enhance the leadership capacities of individuals in the Pacific Islands region and build a…
A major operational exercise to assess the capabilities of the Police Response Team (PRT) and the Police Maritime Division is currently underway. The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) launched the training on Tuesday will conclude this Saturday. A statement from the Police Media Unit yesterday said, members of the public should be alarmed if…
TWO men accused of the murder of a man at West Honiara in June this year will be standing trial at the High Court in Honiara. The accused are Joe Laumama Wale and Peter Wale. Principal Magistrate Jim Seuika committed both men to stand trial at the High Court after committal hearing at the Central…
Temotu Constitutional Congress team officially started its awareness on the 2nd 2014 Draft Federal Constitution with an opening service on Sunday 23rd August 2015. A statement from the Constitutional Reform Unit said, this was followed by a full attendance of participants at the Mebilude Recreation House in Lata on Monday. Temotu’s Congress team leader, who…
The Ministry of Education Human Resource Development’s Literacy Programme Management Unit (LPMU) is working towards establishing a model for literacy learning for primary schools in the country. The model will seek to address the declining literacy results in schools over the recent past, and to re-focus how teachers teach literacy in a multilingual context. With…
A three days literacy leader’s forum for education authorities throughout the country which started on Monday this week ended on Wednesday in Honiara. According Literacy Education Adviser Dr. Marie Quinn the Literacy Leader’s Forum was aimed at bringing all the education authorities together to talk about what they have been doing so far with literacy…
Another Bmobile-Vodafone site has come on air in Honiara as of Wednesday. This was confirmed by Niall Downey the country’s Bmobile-Vodafone CEO. This means the company had successfully finished their roll-out program to give complete voice and 3G+ to all of Honiara. Mr Downey said, this site now gives Honiara town a complete coverage from…
SERVICES at the British High Commission will soon be accessed at the Heritage Park Hotel as of Monday next week. The office on Wednesday informed the general public that the High Commission Office will be moving from the present location at Tanuli Ridge to the Heritage Park Hotel, Gallery 3 & 4 on 1st September…
Solomon Airlines has announced with excitement that three of its engineers have become the first of the national carrier’s engineering team to attain their Dash 8 aircraft license ratings. Revealing the milestone, Solomon Airlines CEO, Captain Ron Sumsum praised the three senior personnel – Clement Ramoi, William Talua and William Devesi – for their efforts…
NADI, (FIJI TV) – Fiji is the largest trading partner in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). This was revealed at a Melanesian Spearhead Group Trade meeting that is currently underway in Nadi. Programme Manager Trade and Investment at the MSG Secretariat, John Licht says trade between the M-S-G countries have increased significantly and Fiji has…