STAFF of the Ministry of the Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) attended an awareness on the Solomon Islands National Disability Inclusive Development Policy (SINDIDP) 2022-2031 and expressed their appreciation for attending the important familiarisation session. The awareness session was conducted by Officers of the National Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Division (NPRD) in the Ministry of Health…
TAR-SEALING of the Auki road project in Malaita Province will commence soon. This comes after Minister of Infrastructure Development (MID), Manasseh Maelanga and Cai Weiming, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Solomon Islands signed the agreement on Thursday 10th October. The brief signing ceremony took place inside the Cabinet room…
A FORMER police officer who was found guilty of obtaining $40.000 under false pretence from a man in 2019, will be sentenced after the issue about the delay on her case is sorted. The defendant Pauline Sipi was found guilty of four counts of false pretence charge after a trial. Her matter came before the…
The three days Pacific Human Right Defenders (PHRDs) workshop held at the Heritage Park Hotel from 8th to 10th of October, is dubbed as an ‘eye opener’ for the participants. HRDs from Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji have gathered in Honiara to build their knowledge on the legal protection mechanisms available for them and initiated discussions of…
Japanese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, H.E. Miwa Yoshiaki, held a Food Security Seminar in Honiara on Thursday with local journalists. The seminar highlighted the ongoing cooperation between Japan and the Solomon Islands in tackling the alarming rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). During the seminar, H.E. Miwa highlighted the importance of medical care in the…
SOLOMON Islands Government has established a Pollution Fund to deal with maritime oil spills in the country. Supervising Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Management and Meteorology, Rexon Annex Ramofafia, confirmed this when he opened the four days’ work workshop on Tuesday. The workshop focussed on ‘Strengthening Marine Pollution Incidence Resilience in the Pacific…
THERE are 20 very high environmentally-risky shipwrecks in Solomon Islands, it was revealed. The revelation was made during the recent ‘Strengthening Marine Pollution Incident Resilience in the Pacific Islands’ at the Heritage Park Hotel. In his presentation, the Major Projects Foundation Research Director Dr Matt Carter said there are around 210 major vessels across Solomon…
GOVERNOR General (GG) Reverend David Tiva Kapu has formally accepted the Office of the Chief Scout of the Solomon Islands Scout Association. In a meeting held with the National Scout Association on Tuesday 8 October at the Government House, the Governor General signed his acceptance to this appointment. Those in attendance were the Chairman of…
THE appointment of Solomon Islands Water Authority (SIWA) Board is legal pursuant to Schedule 2 of the Act. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification Bradley Tovosia said, in response to the accusation by the Leader of the Independent Group in Parliament Peter Kenilorea Jnr that the Minister’s decision has…
SIG off-track on NDS objectives, wants to see the multi-million-dollar priced Bina Habor Project get off the ground to meet targets SOLOMON Islands Government is off-track from its National Development Strategy objectives and wants to see the SBD1.7 billion (USD202 million Bina tagged Harbor Tuna Processing Plant Project in Malaita Province get off the ground…