Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Peter Shanel Agovaka has held talks with Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs as part of expanding Solomon Islands (SI) and Indonesia bilateral cooperation by exploring new opportunities. During the dialogue, Solomon Islands has registered its interest to broaden its partnership and bilateral cooperation with Indonesia in new areas. Head…
Solomon Islands continue to gain the trust and confidence of more United Nations (UN) member states with the Republic of Rwanda being the latest country to strike bilateral relations with the nation. At the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Head of the Solomon Islands Delegation to this week’s United Nation’s General Assembly and…
Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele MP on Wednesday hosted board members of the Youth Entrepreneurs Council Solomon Islands (YECSI) during a courtesy call. The YECSI board was led by its Chairman Limahl Totogi, as well as staff members of the YECSI office. The YECSI board used the opportunity to provide update to PM on the…
The Solomon Islands National Statistics Office, SINSO, is facilitating a three-week Household Income and Expenditure Survey under the Building Capacity in Statistics and Audit, CAPSA Project, a jointly funded project between the World Bank and the Solomon Islands Government. More than one hundred-thirty participants from the nine provinces and Honiara are currently attending the training…
A two-hour awareness session on disability inclusion was recently facilitated at the Ministry of Traditional Governance, Peace, and Ecclesiastical Affairs (MTGPEA) by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, National Rehabilitation, and Disability Division, with support from the WHO Country Office. The session targeted Heads of Divisions and operational officers, with a total of eleven…
SOLOMON Islands Council of Trade Union (SICTU) welcomes the Government Tripartite Policy through the Office of the Commissioner of Labor in which the Government, the Employer and the Unions will work in partnership. The tripartite cooperation between the Government, the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), and the Solomon Islands Council of Trade…
CHIEF Justice Sir Albert Palmer has struck out the election petition case filed against the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gizo/Kolombangara Jimson Tanangada. This means Tanangada remains the duly elected MP for the constituency for the remaining term of the 12th Parliament. Sir Albert ins his ruling orders that all six ground of election bribery…
A family is homeless and their nine-year-old daughter is dead after the father allegedly poured petrol around the house which caught fire and destroyed the home. The incident is now under investigation by officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Henderson police station. The tragic burning incident occurred at Tenaru bridge area…
A CHILD died in a fire-razed home in Central Guadalcanal after being trapped and efforts to save her failed. The heart-wrenching incident occurred on late Sunday night just next to the Tenaru Bridge and it plunged the community into a state of shock and mourning. The child, a girl in the 5-7 age range was…
The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) has reiterated its appeal to all road users including pedestrians and vehicle drivers to take extra precautionary measures when using the public roads. The call came after Police has observed several traffic fatalities. “Pedestrians, before crossing the road, you are to observe the oncoming vehicles when crossing both lanes,”…