Australia delivers ON security commitments ahead of the games

The Australian Defence Force has handed over a suite of new equipment, including training, maintenance and sustainment, worth more than SBD 70 million, to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to enhance their security capabilities ahead of the Pacific Games. The handovers and associated capability demonstrations were attended by the Prime Minister the Honourable…

Gizo CHS successfully ends academic year

IT’S the time of the year when all the good academic performance of students in schools nationwide are recognised. Gizo Community High School (CHS) in the Western Provincial is no exception. The school successfully organised its speech and prize-giving ceremony last Thursday. The ceremony saw parents, guardians, friends and supporters come out in numbers to…

MRD welcomes JAAS delegation from China

Government through the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) has welcomed a delegation of senior executives from the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) of China in Honiara today (1/11/2023) to discuss potential future cooperation between JAAS and the Solomon Islands institutes. The JAAS president Professor Yi Zhongyi and delegation were greeted on arrival at the…

Wale condemns PM’s belittling remarks on reasons to extend Parliament

THE Leader of Opposition Hon. Matthew Wale has criticized the Prime Minister’s recent remarks that belittled Solomon Islanders’ ability to make policy-based voting decisions. The contentious remarks came to light during a tokstori event at USP, where a student asked about the Government’s rationale behind extending the life of Parliament. Defending his government’s decision not…

Court stories

Man gets 14 year-jail term for rape A MAN who was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl and consequentially caused her to bleed heavily and hospitalised at Kilu’ufi Hospital early this year has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. The 23-year-old man who could not be named to protect the identity of the victim…

U.S. Government Hosts Business Study Tour for Solomon Islands Agribusinesses to the United States

Six Solomon Islands businesses and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) have traveled to the United States on October 21-27, 2023, for a market linkages and business networking study tour. The study tour, organized by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Strengthening Competitiveness, Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Environment –…