THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will begin scrutinizing the “2024 Supplementary Appropriation Bill” in Parliament as of Tuesday. Chairman Gordon Darcy Lilo confirmed this while contributing to the Special Adjournment motion moved by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele on Monday. The motion allows the PAC to call witnesses to testify on the bill and permits the…
Importers, unlicensed wharves targeted in gov’t crackdown on the entry of illegal and unwanted goods into the country as the gov’t works to address severe revenue loss through lack of proper checking on unloaded imported goods at sufferance wharves THE Government has trained its guns on importers and owners of unlicensed wharves in a major…
SOLOMON Islands Government has signed a deal with the Government of India in the area of health cooperation last week. The Minister for Health and Medical Services, Dr Paul Popora Bosawai and the Indian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Shri Inbasekar Sundaramurthi signed this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which focused on health cooperation at the…
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…
SIKAIANA Atoll in the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) in Malaita Province is facing imminent threats from climate change. A chief from Sikaiana, Leonard Semaru told the Solomon Star from Sikaiana over the weekend that people are on the island are living in fear amidst ongoing sea-level rise, which is affecting their daily survival. Chief Semaru…
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 Guadalcanal Province (GP) through the Provincial Assembly has officially established a ‘State Government Office’ as part of its plan to transition into a state government by 2026. This significant move was announced by Guadalcanal Premier Willie Atu during the celebration of Guadalcanal Province’s 40th Second Appointed Day at DC Park in Central Guadalcanal Constituency…
AFTER establishing diplomatic relations with Solomon Islands more than two years ago, the Republic of Serbia’s first Ambassador has presented his letter of credence to the Governor General Reverend David Tiva Kapu on Friday. His Excellency (H.E) Rade Stefanovic was in the country to present the credentials at the Government House. In receiving his letter of credence,…
India’s High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Shri Inbasekar Sunaramuthi, paid a final courtesy call on Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele this week as he prepares to leave for his new posting on August 15th. During the interim, First Secretary Ravindra Nath will serve as the Acting High Commissioner. In his farewell meeting, Mr. Sunaramuthi expressed his…
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…