THE Minister of Agriculture and Livestock acknowledges the country’s farmers, fishermen, food workers and agricultural product exporters for being the backbone of the country’s ‘food systems.’ At the same time, Franklyn Derek Wasi highlighted food insecurity as a global issue affecting not only Solomon Islands, but the entire globe. He highlighted these issues in his…
THE Chinatown Road section in the Western Provincial Capital Gizo will undergo upgrading works as of next year. This was announced by the Western Provincial Premier Billy Veo on Monday at the opening of the Full Assembly Meeting. He said the road works will be undertaken by World Bank through the CAUSE Project. He said…
THE Western Provincial Government (WPG) is committed to pursuing and addressing the water issue plaguing the provincial capital. Provincial Premier Billy Veo highlighted this in his opening address at the Full Assembly Meeting at Imagination Island, off Gizo town early this week. Most of the 26 Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) attended the meeting…
A training for participants, who will participate in the National Economic Establishment Census, NEEC, 2024 is currently underway. This is the second training program for NEEC and is currently underway at the Western Provincial capital Gizo. Participants from Western and Choiseul Province are attending it. Chief Statistician Economics Andrew Kakate said, he is pleased with…
The Farmers Cup Volleyball competition for women and young girls in the highland of Central Kwaea’ae, Malaita has concluded last week with a prize giving ceremony. The Farmers Volleyball Competition successfully brought together all the ladies from the Busurata region. Many of these women and girls involve those who actively engage in farming activities within the Busurata catchment. The prize-giving ceremony was held at…
TWENTY farmers from the Bethlehem and Bialau communities in Central Kwara’ae, Malaita participated in a one-day climate resilience farming training. It was held at the newly established Gwaunafiu Farming School early this week. The training was facilitated by organic farming specialist Lionel Maeliu under the Climate Resilience Farming project. The training aims to equip farmers with essential skills to adapt their practices…
The construction of new Air Traffic Control Towers at Honiara and Munda International Airports is set to begin soon. This followed the successful conclusion of the tendering process. Pictured above is the design for Honiara tower. The scope of work also includes the design and provision of essential Air Traffic Control equipment, an Automatic Weather Observation…
Three Permanent Secretaries (PS) have been recently reshuffled. On Thursday they were sworn-in by His Excellency Reverend David Tiva Kapu, Governor General of Solomon Island following their transfer appointments by the Public Service Commission. The new Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening is Dr. Derek Futaiasi. Dr. Futaiasi replaced the former…