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WORK on the new SBD$60 million Munda International Airport terminal in the Western Province is due for completion by the end of September this year. That’s according to Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP), the office managing the project. “The new airport will boost tourism while allowing fish, agricultural…
A NEW unit that will offer special care to patients in critical conditions has been opened at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) today. Called “High Dependency Unit”, it was officially opened by visiting Australian deputy prime minister Richard Marles and Health minister Dr Culwick Togamana. Australia funded the facility at…
AUSTRALIA says it will provide up to SBD$137 million to enable Solomon Islands conducts its national elections early next year. Its deputy prime minister Richard Marles announced this on arrival in Honiara on Wednesday. He left the country yesterday. He said the funding will assist the Solomon Islands Electoral Office…
By Georgina Maka’a THE leader of the Independent Group in Parliament, Dean Kuku, is challenging in the High Court, Government’s controversial decision last September to postpone this year’s national elections to next year. Kuku, who is MP for North New Georgia Constituency in Western Province, lodged the challenge in the High…
WORK to upgrade the Honiara International Airport runway is set to start at the end of this month. Chinese state-owned firm, China Railway Construction Engineering Group (CRCEG), will undertake the task. This is being funded under the second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2), a World Bank-funded initiative that’s…
“Patterson Saeni of Sulaglwalu village, North Malaita; Pardon!”
by Charley Piringi Illegal gold mining activities in the Central Guadalcanal region of the Solomon Islands is affecting the health of a local river and traditional Indigenous ways of life. “Eat like a king, and sleep like a rat!” This is a common phrase in the Central Guadalcanal region in the…
Viru Harbour community in Western Province becomes the first beneficiary of the United States funded USD$20 million ($160 million) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Solomon Islands Threshold Program (MCC-SITHP). Visiting Vice President of the Department of Policy and Evaluation at the MCC, Alicia Phillips Mandaville, announced this in Honiara this afternoon. …
By Dr. Tarcisius Kabutaulaka At a graduation ceremony at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa on Sunday, 14 May 2023, Charles Olovikabo was conferred with a Master of Law degree. When his name was called, the young Birao lad from the highlands of Guadalcanal walked on to the stage with…
Papua New Guinea police have launched an international bribery probe after OCCRP and partners revealed questionable offshore dealings by Australian businessman Don Matheson. The country’s prime minister has sought to distance himself from Matheson. But reporters found evidence that both the PM and a key minister had closer ties to…
