Latest News Archive September 2018

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team will conduct a live demolition of bombs at Hells Point, in the Alligator Creek East of Honiara on Friday 28 September 2018.

Solomon Islands and Saint Lucia have formally established diplomatic relations in New York this week.

A tropical storm near Solomon Islands has intensified into a cyclone - the first of the season for the South Pacific.

Prime Minister, Hon. Rick Houenipwela says Solomon Islands is opening its doors to increase investment opportunities.

Even though the official start of the South Pacific tropical season is still more than a month away, an area of low pressure could become a named tropical cyclone in the next day or two.

Solomon Islands Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Milner Tozaka yesterday joined world leaders in reinforcing the message of peace and ideals of humanity in a Peace Summit held at UN General Assembly.

Locals and experts say crocodiles are becoming a dangerous menace in Solomon Islands and are worried about a growing number of fatal attacks, but authorities are currently limited in their ability to cull the reptiles.

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will be conducting a Render Safe Procedure (RSP) in the Stream Valley residential area at Tasahe B in West Honiara between 8:00am to 11:00am (Maximum) today Friday 21 September 2018.

Police in Solomon Islands are investigating an armed robbery at a logging camp in the Shortland Islands believed to have been carried out by Bougainvilleans from across the border.

Police in Central Province, Solomon Islands, have arrested a 15-year-old juvenile on an allegation of rape that occurred on 11 September 2018 at the Bona settlement area near Burungia Village, Small Gela.

"We have been waiting for this moment for a long time," said a visibly emotional Stanley Waita. “This is the day the country is waiting for – we’re through to the World Cup.”

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Gizo, the Western Province of Solomon Islands just before midnight on 18th September.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon. Rick Houenipwela has reaffirmed his Government’s support towards two key economic infrastructures in the country.

A couple of years ago policy engagement and dialogue between the Solomon Islands Government and the private sector through the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) was ad-hoc and informal.

The Solomon Islands National University yesterday witnessed another milestone through the launch of its newly established Post-Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management program.

Hosts Solomon Islands advanced into the semi-finals as Group A winners after an impressive 5-0 win over Vanuatu in the day’s late encounter.

Honiara City was on shut down on 13th September when the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force conducted a Render Safe Procedure to an unexploded bomb from World War 2.

In Honiara, Solomon Islands, a 15-year-old female died as a result of a car collision at the Honiara City Council (HCC) roundabout opposite the Solomon Water office over the weekend.

As unique as the cultures of Solomon Islands, so is the unique cultural handicraft made locally by Solomon Islanders especially that of Hellen Watena, from Auki, Malaita Province.

Solomon Islands put up a clinical display of football against New Zealand yesterday afternoon to secure a 5-0 victory and leap-frog to the top of the Group A standings.

Betikama Adventist College in Honiara, Solomon Islands, is taking the gospel commission seriously. As a Top National Senior Secondary College, the school attracts students from across that South Pacific nation.

Among the wealth of weaponry and combative objects of a Whangarei Museum in New Zealand are two intriguing rattan fighting shields from the Solomon Islands.

Sicolastika Okapisi cried as she watched machines raze the mangroves near her village of Mararo, Solomon Islands to the ground.

Tourism Solomons board chairman, Wilson Ne’e has led the board and staff in paying tribute to WWII historian John Innes who passed away on 01 September 2018 aged 77.

“I lost my husband many years ago and I felt bad having to depend on relatives to assist me and my children, they also have a lot of their own problems to deal with.”

Hosts Solomon Islands opened their campaign with a 5-0 win over Papua New Guinea in front of an expected huge crowd in the day’s later kick-off.

If it weren’t for the potholes slowing us down on the road to Honiara, on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, I would have missed the sign that said Dolphin View Cottage, but our guide, Andrew, knew this road by heart.

The Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Ms. Patricia Scotland has acknowledged Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon. Rick Houenipwela and his Government’s policy shift to place more emphasis on youth development.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon. Rick Houenipwela has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme with the Australian Government at the margins of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Nauru this week.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon. Rick Hou has held bilateral talks with Norway’s International Development Minister, Hon Nikolai Astrup at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Summit in Nauru this week.