THE Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has successfully concluded Operation Island Chief 2024 (OPIC24), a 12-day initiative focused on monitoring and surveillance across the Pacific region to ensure the sustainability of fisheries. OPIC24 saw the participation of FFA Members, the Pacific Quadrilateral Defence Coordination Group (Pacific QUADs), and various partners. Extensive surveillance was conducted…
PRIME Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele has announced two agriculture projects for Malaita in partnership with the Chinese government focusing on commercial rice farming and cultivating high-value cash crops. He outlined the projects during the province’s 41st Second Appointed Day anniversary in Auki last Thursday. PM Manele said these projects are part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed recently between the Ministry…
THE Government for National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) has achieved another policy milestone with the official opening of the Immigration Division in Auki, Malaita Province, last week. The establishment of the Immigration Division not only provides relief to the congested Immigration Office in Honiara but is also a realization of the government’s ongoing commitment to…
THROUGH the Solomon Islands Australia Partnership Australia has announced support to Cab’It, an emerging delivery service in the Solomon Islands, to expand and streamline its operations. Cab’It, a youth-led transport business, has harnessed the country’s growing digital economy by taking online orders and delivering goods from suppliers to customers across Honiara. With Australian support, Cab’It…
THE Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (PNG), His Excellency William Soaki hosted a small luncheon for a group of renowned Solomon Islands music artists on the 5th August 2024. The event celebrated the participation of these artists at the Coke Studio Pasifika Tour, organized by Makasi Sounds & Entertainment. The artists – Jah…
A FUNDRAISING drive for the purchase of a Starlink internet disk for Luesalemba Provincial Secondary School (LPSS) in Temotu Province held at the Kokonut Café in Honiara last weekend raised $18,616.00 Apart from the raised funding worth $18, 616.00 from the main fundraising event, few prominent figures also donated to the fundraising and they included…
RULING on the application to strike out the election petition filed against North East Guadalcanal Constituency, Jamie Lency Vokia will be delivered on September 2. This followed the hearing of the strikeout application last Friday afternoon by Judge Augustine Aulanga. Mr Vokia (Respondent) engages Wilson Rano and Julia Sogedy of Rano & Company, whilst the…
THE People’s Republic of China has underscored its firm dedication to bolstering its cooperation with Malaita Province. This deep-seated commitment spans across the sectors of economy and trade, infrastructure development and people-to-people exchange initiatives. An official from the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, Gu Wenlong, pictured, spoke of China’s firm commitment to its cooperation with Malaita Province in his remarks at the 41st Second Appointed Day anniversary of…
A GROUP of 29 journalists from the Indo-Pacific region, invited by the Indian Government for a familiarization tour are in New Delhi since arriving last weekend. The visit, scheduled from August 18 to 27, includes journalists from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Timor-Leste, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands,…
NATIONAL carrier Solomon Airlines has released a new international schedule which will become effective from 16 September 2024. This new schedule will improve connections between Solomon Islands and key international destinations, to better meet demand from leisure and business travelers, Solomon Airlines said in a statement yesterday. The airline said the changes, including adjusted flight…