Australia and Solomon Islands’ strong and enduring security partnership has reached another milestone on Friday as Solomon Islands received its second Guardian-class Patrol Boat under Australia’s Pacific Maritime Security Program. The High Commissioner for Solomon Islands, His Excellency Mr. Robert Sisilo, accepted RSIPV Taro on behalf of the Solomon Islands Government at a ceremony in…
SOLOMON Islands remains COVID-19 free. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare during his nation-wide address on Monday announced that there are no new COVID-19 cases recorded in the last two to three weeks. “I am extremely pleased to announce that we have now been COVID-19 free for more than two weeks,” he said. The Prime Minister said the…
‘Living on top a man-made volcano’ HONIARA City Council (HCC) and Guadalcanal Province together with the national government must now take the threats of UXO to the public of Honiara and Guadalcanal very seriously. Former Special Secretary to the Government Andrew Muaki told this paper yesterday. His call came after an aviation engineer at…
• U.S affirmed support to deal with UXOs• More than 70% of WW2 bomb still alive UNITED States (US) Ambassador to Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Erin McKee says they are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic incident in Honiara this past weekend and mourn the loss of life.…
Bomb blast kills top local aviation engineer and youth leader GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Aviation and Communication (MCA) is mourning the loss of one of our top local qualified aviation engineers who was killed in a bomb blast incident yesterday. Raziv Hilly, from Vella La Vella and Rannoggah in Western Province, was one of…
A Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) vehicle have been damaged after an incident of rock throwing which involves more than 20 youths at Stone Field area at Kaibia heights in Central Honiara on 8 May 2021. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Honiara City Police, Superintendent John Matamaru says,” Frontline officers at Central Police Station received…
A family in North East Guadalcanal are appealing for support from the public to help them in aid of one of their family member who will be having a Heart surgery that will be taking place in Australia. Due to the current unavailability of Heart Surgery here at the National Referral Hospital, Primo Jimmy and…
Malaita for Democracy (M4D) President, Knoxly Atu has called on the national government to respect the Auki Communique by not allowing any Chinese company to involve in the road upgrade projects in Malaita Province. Mr. Atu raised the concern in an interview with the Sunday Star in Auki this week. He said the Auki Communique…
Solomon Islands is expected to begin using 50,000 doses of China’s SINOPHARM COVID-19 vaccine soon following approval for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO). The approval means the SINOPHARM vaccine is the first Chinese COVID-19 vaccine to be added to the COVAX facility. Solomon Islands has received about 24, 000 AstraZeneca vaccine which…
CBSI: we have lost more than 5, 000 jobs in the year to march Solomon Islands has lost more than 5, 000 jobs in the formal sector in the year to March this year, the latest figures released by the Central Bank of Solomon Islands, have shown. The figures were contained in an article…