The 2025 Budget Strategy was officially launched in Honiara on Friday 6th September – marking the beginning of the 2025 budget formulation process. The Minister of Finance and Treasury Manasseh Sogavare official launched strategy based on the theme of “Accelerating Accountable and Transformative Investments: A Pathway Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Economy.” The 2025 budget strategy…
Tulagi police have rescued 28 passengers from a sunken vessel between Guadalcanal and Florida islands on Sunday, 8 September 2024. The Landing Craft (LC) Adi Wai Tui left Honiara to Tulagi when it encountered sea coming from the bottom of the ship. Members of the ship’s crew tried to pump out the water but the…
The Solomon Islands Government will bring its development partners together on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, for an important Roundtable meeting. This will be led by the Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC) and is aimed at strengthening collaboration and aligning support with national development priorities. The event which will be held at the…
First 24 passports issued by newly-established Auki Immigration Office, marking a milestone achievement for GNUT, MEGTG, more passports to be issued next week A HISTORIC milestone was marked in the Malaita Provincial Capital on Friday as the first batch of passport applicants in Malaita Province received their passports after the opening of the Auki Immigration…
Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele has invited Australian businesses to explore investment opportunities in the agriculture, tourism, fisheries and renewable energy sectors of Solomon Islands and investment more in them for transformative outcomes. PM Manele made the invitation in his keynote address at the opening of the 13th Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum held last Tuesday. The…
AUSTRALIA’S has provided a total of SBD375 million to Solomon Islands in the form of investment and aid in 2023, according to the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI). The CBSI Deputy Governor Reynold Moveni told the 13th Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum in Honiara last week that Australia injected SBD200million into Solomon Islands finance and mining…
PRIME Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele has highlighted his Government for National Unity and Transformation’s (GNUT’s) vision to transform Solomon Islands into a prosperous nation by diversifying the economy, PM Manele was speaking to formally open the 13th Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum on Tuesday, 3rdSeptember at the Heritage Park Hotel. Delivering the keynote address, the PM highlighted…
THE Christian Fellowship Church (CFC) – once revered for maintaining its “fiercely independent sectarian isolationism” to keep its Western Province’s adherents intact – appears to be coming undone. Allegations of violence against young girls, gun-running, drug-trafficking and unexplained closure of schools for thousands of children over the last 20 years are hovering over the Movement…
THE Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry [SICCI] has acknowledged Australia’s ongoing support. In her speech during the opening of Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum this week, Chairlady of SICCI Board, Ms Namoi Kaluae said Australia and SICCI continue to enjoy a fruitful partnership. “A good example of this partnership is the grant funding provided…
PEOPLE of Aruligo in Northwest Guadalcanal have expressed concern over poor Bemobile network connectivity which continues to affect residents, including services, businesses and schools. An elder from the area, Simon Lepo expressed dismay over the dire situation, stating that, “the unreliable mobile network in the area affects Bemobile customers and their access to other services.”…