Team Four members of Guadalcanal’s 2024-2025 Household Income and Expenditure Survey, HIES, are currently in Naro, Savulei Ward of West Guadalcanal winding up their field work as they prepare to move out into the open seas to their next Enumeration Area in Lambi for round 5 of enumeration. HIES Coordinator for Guadalcanal Province Alfred Palo…
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) recently received a set of Neurosurgery Equipment from the New Zealand High Commission, Honiara Solomon Islands. New Zealand, High Commissioner Deputy acting Ms Rebecca Williams expressed her humbleness on behalf of the New Zealand Government to handover the special equipmemt to the NRH surgical team. “I hope that the equipment…
Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIPF) officers in Auki have remanded two male persons in their 20s for burning down a kitchen at Aoke Langlanga, Malaita province, on 9 February 2025. Malaita Provincial Police Commander (PPC), Chief Superintendent Tex Tafoa, said the two suspects and the victim are related. Witnesses confirmed to police that the suspects…
The Pacific Community (SPC) has pledged to assist the Solomon Islands Government in hosting the 9th Pacific Water Ministers Forum, which is scheduled to take place later this year. The Pacific Water and Wastewater Association (PWWA) Secretariat will collaborate with SPC to support the government in organizing the forum. As part of the preparations for…
Local officials have attended a series of five targeted training sessions to strengthen critical infrastructure in Solomon Islands, through better planning, financing and delivery. Australia’s Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program trained a total of 38 participants from six government agencies, state-owned enterprises, and the Honiara City Council. Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency Rod…
Solomon Water’s Fisheries to Ranadi Roundabout Sewer Project is reaching its final milestone as the last meters of pipelines have been laid in Stage 4. This marks a significant step forward in Honiara’s ongoing efforts to improve sanitation infrastructure, enhance wastewater management capabilities and ensuring a cleaner, healthier environment for generations to come. The project…
The Solomon Islands National Museum (SINM) last week formally received all digitised versions of some of its tape collection from its Australian partner, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). Its understood all recordings from the old tapes have been collected and converted into digital format. So far, 250 tapes…
New Zealand (NZ) and Solomon Islands (SI) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen aviation safety and operations with the commissioning of new security screening equipment at Henderson International Airport and the signing of a new three-year funding arrangement to support airport operations and management. Speaking at the handover event, New Zealand’s High Commissioner Jonathan Curr…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) team has successfully concluded a significant operation on Shortland Islands in the Western Province (WP) recently. Supervising Director of the EODD, Senior Sergeant Peter Ririvere, said the team safely located and removed more than 70 unexploded ordnances (UXOs) that have posed a threat…
The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale, has expressed strong objections to the manner in which ADB and the government are managing the upgrade of the old Honiara international wharf in Honiara. Originally agreed at SBD 240 million, the project cost has now skyrocketed to approximately SBD 700 million, despite being seven years overdue…