A total of 84 people completed their Pre-Departure Briefing last week as the number of workers recruited under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme continues to increase. The 84 will be contracted under the Regional Workforce Management (RWM) to various workstations around Queensland, Australia. RWM is one of the larger Australian Approved Employers (AE) currently…
THE Games Organizing Committee (GOC) will this year recruit 2500 plus volunteers to join the 2023 Pacific Games collective workforce. GOC’s Senior Operations Manager, Jack Smith confirmed they are looking to recruit and train 2500 plus volunteers to be involved in the delivery of the Games in Honiara from 19th November to 2nd December, 2023.…
THE newly elected Western Provincial Government (WPG) Executive under the leadership of Billy Veo is being urged to step up their monitoring and surveillance activities of logging companies operating in the province. This came after claims that there are companies currently in operating in the province without following proper process to acquire their operating licenses.…
INTERPLAST Australia and New Zealand will be returning to Solomon Islands in February to facilitate general plastic and reconstructive surgical services and training at the National Referral Hospital. The team will be in Honiara from 26th February to 4th March 2023. A statement from Australia and New Zealand Interplast said given the length of time…
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS) is slowing moving away from the traditional weather and climate forecasts that describes what the weather will be and is working towards implementing an improved form of weather forecasting called Impact Based Forecasting and Warning Services (IBFWS) to help reduce the high impacts of hydrometeorological events. Impact-based forecasting provides…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) thank the members of the general public for good behaviour shown throughout the Wantok Musik Concert held at Pacific Crown Hotel on 21 January 2023. Supervising Assistant Commissioner (AC) National Capital and Crime Prevention (NCCP) Mr. Jimson Robo says, “This was a successful event where police deployed a…
The caretaker Western Provincial Administration has supported the Honiara-based Western Province community to host the province’s second appointed day with $30, 000 in December. This was revealed during the budget debate on Friday in Gizo. The explanation came following a question by the Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for ward of Iriqila in Vella…
MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah has met with a team from the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Support for Graduation (IATF) to discuss the Solomon Islands request for a three-year deferment of its proposed graduation as a Least Developed Country in December 2024. Minister Manele and senior officials from MFAET and…
13-year-old diagnosed with brain cancer A FAMILY is now desperate to secure financial support as they are racing against time to save their only daughter who is being diagnosed with brain tumor. Thirteen -year old Rosemary Leah Kelesiwasi is from ‘Suava’ in Lau and ‘Gwaidadai’ in Kwara’ae, Malaita Province. She was a young bright student…
Only 11 matters relating to the riot in November 2021 are outstanding in the Honiara Magistrates Court from the total of 91 matters filed, says Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer. Sir Albert revealed the data yesterday at the 2023 Legal Opening Year yesterday to clear the air following numerous calls for perpetrators of the 2021…