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By Georgina Maka’a Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare will be a no-show at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders summit, which opens tomorrow in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Instead, Foreign Affairs Minister Jeremiah Manele, who flew out yesterday, leads the country’s delegation to the 52nd summit, which runs from November…
The Australian Defence Force has handed over a suite of new equipment, including training, maintenance and sustainment, worth more than SBD 70 million, to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to enhance their security capabilities ahead of the Pacific Games. The handovers and associated capability demonstrations were attended by…
By Georgina Maka’a UP to 141 newly registered nurses who passed out today in a ceremony say the Government still owe them a total of $2.74 million in unpaid allowances. One of the nurses, Fatima Raeni, highlighted this in her speech during the ceremony, calling on the Ministry of Health…
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) handed over a new radio communications system to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at an event at Rove Police headquarters last week. Known as the RSIPF VHF Communications Network, this new network provides highly reliable voice communications across Honiara, including the capability to…
By Georgina Maka’a With just over two weeks to go before the Pacific Games, local athletes are calling for justice and fairness from authorities. In doing so, they formed a group called Solomon Islands Athletes Solidarity (SIAS) to take their issues and concerns to the sporting body. “We want an…
A local tribe in Choiseul Province is calling on responsible authorities to urgently look into aSonic Phase (SI) Ltd logging operation that the tribe alleges, landed illegally on its shores at Magara near Kakaza Village on 5 th October 2023. The Kibi Sopere (Roqepota) Tribe of Kakaza and Pangoe Villages…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare MP has officially opened the 19 th African Caribbeanand Pacific – European Union (ACP- EU) joint parliamentary assembly at the NationalParliament of Solomon Islands today.The Prime Minister formally welcomes the distinguished delegates of the ACP- EU and delveinto a number of issues that the joint parliamentary…
By Georgina Maka’a Australia today handed over refurbished and upgraded facilities at St Joseph’s Tenaru to the Solomons Islands government ahead of next month’s Pacific Games in Honiara. The facilities will be used as accommodation during the two-week games, which kicks off on November 19. Australia contributed more than SBD$90…
By STEPHEN HOWES and EVIE SHARMAN After months of uncertainty, yesterday the legislation required to implement the Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) passed through the Australian Senate, with the Greens and other crossbenchers providing the numbers the government needed in the face of opposition from the Coalition. On Monday, the Greens…
Australia has evacuated the remaining 14 Solomon Islanders who were stranded in Israel since war broke out in the Jewish state more than two weeks ago. The 14 are the last to depart of a 79-member delegation from a religious community in Malaita that had travelled to Israel prior to…
