Japan hands over 67 sawmills 

ABOUT 67 new portable sawmills have been handed over by the Japanese Government to the Ministry of Forestry and Research on Friday. The handing over ceremony was held at the Value-Added Timber Association (VATA) at Henderson in Central Guadalcanal last Friday. The Ambassador of Japan to Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki officiated in the ceremony. The…

New $2m classroom complex for Lambi CHS

Lambi Community High School (CHS) in West Guadalcanal took delivery of a newly constructed classroom worth $2million. It was jointly funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments in partnership with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) through the Education Sector Support Program. The program is part of taking a…

PM opens new embassy in Abu Dhabi today

Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele will officially commission the Solomon Islands first embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) this morning, UAE local time. The country’s new embassy in UAE is manned by Cornelius Walegarea, a former deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade.  He told Solomon Star online that…

PM to UAE, Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele left the country on Friday for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). PM Manele will be in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE, to participate in the opening of the country’s firstever embassy.  UAE has become one of our important bilateral partners, and we share areas of common interests. The opening…

PM briefed on KDAC progress

Kolombangara Development Advisory Cabinet sub- committee (KDAC) last week took the opportunity to update Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele MP, on the progress of the implementation of its flagship project. KDAC’s director Herald Amiki with his team of Cabinet sub-committee members provided update on the policy progress of the Kolombangara Forest Product Limited (KFPL). Amiki…

SI calls for urgent action to address antimicrobial resistance

Solomon Islands has joint forces with global leaders calling for an urgent high-level action to address global scourge of antimicrobial resistance, AMR.  Solomon Islands is represented at a ‘High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance’ at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly by the Minister of Health and Medical Services, Paul Popora Bosawai.  Delivering Solomon…