Businessman Bartlett ordered to pay back $1M advanced from CEMA after a failed $7M deal for Hammock Beach SELF-MADE businessman, Alex Bartlett has been ordered to pay back $1 million he advanced from the Commodities Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) earlier this year. The CEMA Board decided two weeks ago to give Mr Bartlett, the founder…
THE Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCA) is optimistic that the country’s tourism industry will achieve its target of be a billion-dollar industry by 2035. MCA Permanent Secretary Banyan Sivoro expressed optimism about the future of the tourism industry as a major foreign receipt earner through increased visitor arrivals when the MCA ministerial Executive appeared…
THE melodious singing by various Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) choirs, panpipe music by the host communities and a powerful sermon by retired Malaitan Diocesan Bishop Rev Sam Sahu and the proceeding of the historical ecumenical service echoed through the serene air from the Saint Barnabas Chapel in Sa’a village in Small Malaita on Sunday…
Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele MP had an engaging and informed meeting with Ocean conservation advocator, the Prince of Monaco, Albert II (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi) and National Geography Pristine Seas expedition specialists onboard research vessel ‘ARGO’. Prime Minister Manele was accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Mines, Energy and…
JAPAN has handed over a double-storey classroom to Areatakiki Seventh Day Adventist School in Central Guadalcanal. The handover ceremony was held recently. The Japanese Government provided $724,191 in total to build this classical project that will boost the learning capacity of students. The Japanese Government funded this project under its Grassroots and Human Security Project.…
Community leaders from the South Guadalcanal Constituency (SGC) have pledged to work closely with the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) to support the CDF Act 2023 awareness program in their communities. This assurance was made in an awareness session organized by the constituency office in collaboration with MRD purposely for community leaders in Honiara on…
THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) has expressed its strong support for the establishment of Buy and Sell Products (BSP) Fuel station in the province. At the official opening of the BSP Gas fuel station in Auki last week, Malaita Premier Elijah Asilaua acknowledged the BSP fuel station management for their commitment to investing in the…
SOLOMON Islands was represented at the the 21st Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC). The high-level Solomon Islands delegation consists of Deputy Secretary Technical Mr. James Teri, Director Edward Honiwala, Deputy Director Offshore Ms. Charlyn Golu, and Chief Fisheries Officer Offshore Division Ms. Jan Oli Pitu. They joined other regional…
The School Cyber Awareness Program that has been delivered to over 10,000 students, teachers and interested groups has imparted vital online safety information to those who receive it. The program is a result of collaboration between the National Crime Prevention Department (NCPD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), the Cyber Emergency Response Team…
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its partnership program with FAO, the Sustainable Transformation of Domestic Agrifood Systems (STODAS) project, held its first provincial Agrifood System Multi-Stakeholder Consultative Forum for Western Province in Gizo this week. The two days forum was held on Monday 25th and concluded Tuesday 26th November 2024 with the…