FISHERIES compliance work will be enhanced with 10 new tablets received from the Honiara-based Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) on Thursday. The tablets were funded under PEUMP Program and FFA Director General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen was present to hand them over to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources in a brief handover ceremony. Speaking on…
A MEETING aimed at promoting the export of Solomon Islands products to the Chinese market was successfully held on August 9 at the Chinese Embassy. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), the Customs and Excise Department of…
GUADALCANAL Province police have warned and removed more than 40 illegal miners from Gold Ridge, Central Guadalcanal yesterday. This followed their unauthorized gold panning activities on the Gold Ridge Mining Limited (GRML) tenement. Shift supervisor Chris Porawa confirmed to Solomon Star that the miners were arrested and questioned at Henderson station before being issued warnings. Mr…
THE precarious economic situation along with inflation currently experienced by the country is hitting hard on rural dwellers. In the Western Province, people have raised complaints over hiked prices of goods, services and questioned the direction which the government is taking the country. In an interview with Solomon Star Tuesday, a Baniata Seventh-Day Adventist Minister,…
MEMBERS of Parliament (MP) have been urged to support the swift passage of a building code to ensure that all construction work meet rigorous safety and quality standards. The Governor General (GG) Reverend David Tiva Kapu highlighted this when delivering his traditional speech from the throne to open the 12th Parliament on Monday. He told…
GOVERNMENT will continue to pursue its aspiration to develop Bina Harbour Processing Plant to ensure employment opportunities for the people of Malaita. Governor General (GG) Reverend David Tiva Kapu highlighted this when delivering his traditional speech from the throne to open the 2nd Meeting of the 12th Parliament on Monday. It is understood that the Bina Harbour…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Peter Shanel Agovaka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vanuatu’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade, Matai Seremaiah Nawalu on a timebound Air Services between the two Melanesian states. The signing was executed at the margins of the Forum Foreign…
THE Minister for Agriculture & Livestock (MAL) and Member of Parliament (MP) for East Makira, Franklyn Derek Wasi says the ministry is looking at supporting farmers to expand agricultural productions of spices and root crops to export directly to China. The minister highlighted this in his keynote address to the people of Makira-Ulawa Province living…
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) marked its 45th anniversary on Friday, celebrating decades of successful regional cooperation dedicated to the sustainable management of tuna fisheries in the Pacific. Founded on 9th August 1979, the FFA has grown to become the premier fisheries advisory body in the Pacific region with a mission to strengthen…
The economic outlook is challenging the fiscal position A CONSULTANT to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) working in Solomon Islands at the request of Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Dr Kirdan Lees says a wedge is opening between declining revenue and spending that continues to grow. He said fiscal consolidation is needed now to arrest…