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Fredson Tanikoba, Civil Project Engineer and Australia Awards alumnus, is helping to improve the safety efficiency and resilience of infrastructure delivery in Solomon Islands. Fresh from the prestigious RISK 2025 Conference in Melbourne, Tanikoba returned equipped with new strategies to enhance risk identification and management in local projects. His participation…
The Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Faculty of Education and Humanities (FEH) and Office of Research and Postgraduate studies (ORPS) has received a technology boost with the delivery of 10 laptops, one desktop computer, four projectors, one printer, audio visual equipment and other accessories through the Solomon Islands-Australia Education Partnership…
by Georgina Maka’a Five Years of Hope, Now Disappointment Five years ago, a wave of optimism swept through Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands. People gathered at street corners, market areas, and in villages, buzzing with anticipation about a transformative program backed by one of the world’s superpowers. The Strengthening Competitiveness,…
A Government minister who travelled overseas and signed a controversial deal without Cabinet approval has been reshuffled, but not disciplined. Commerce minister Lency Vokia recently went to Vietnam with two political appointees within the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and signed an agreement with a company that called…
Solomon Islands Opposition leader Matthew Wale is questioning the ongoing silence and inaction of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) over BSP Bank’s recent imposition of new banking fees. Wale said that CBSI must explain what concrete steps it is taking to protect ordinary Solomon Islanders. “It has been…
Minister for Women Cathy Nori says she’s impressed by the facilities for women and families at the new market in Buala – currently under construction – and that the market was a transformational project that would benefit the people. Nori, who is also MP for Maringe-Kokota, where the market is, joined…
Canberra, Australia (AAP) –Â Australia needs the moral leadership of the Pacific as it pushes a bid to co-host one of its biggest events since the Sydney Olympics. Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is set to visit the region for talks with leaders in Tuvalu, Palau, Samoa and the Republic of…
U.S. Ambassador to Solomon Islands Ann Marie Yastishock visited the Vilu Military Museum on June 25 in north-west Guadalcanal during her recent visit. According to Museum director Caspar Diau, this was the first time that a U.S. Ambassador ever visited the open-air museum that his father-in-law founded and singlehandedly created,…
Perth, Australia (AAP) – Argen Kuni came to Australia with “a heart full of hope”, determined to earn enough money to build a new home for his wife and two sons. The young father arrived from the Solomon Islands under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility, or PALM, scheme in July…
After months of anxiety and delays caused by escalating conflict in the Middle East, five Solomon Islands students studying in Israel are finally making their journey home, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Honiara has confirmed in a statement. The students had been enrolled at the Arava International Centre for…
