THE community of Barana on Mt Austen, Guadacanal, is determined to re-plant trees and protect the ecosystems at a proposed park and water catchment area for the Mataniko and Lunga rivers with the help of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and relevant Government and NGO partners in Honiara. At a community…
BUBUMALA community in west Guadalcanal has taken charge of six rain water harvesting tanks. This followed a handover ceremony held at the community on Wednesday 23rd August 2017. The tanks were provided by the Solomon Islands Red Cross Society’s Supporting Community Planning (SCP) project. The community, which is located close to 30 kilometers west of…
Commissioner of Police Matthew Varley will leave the country this weekend to attend the Pacific Islands Police Conference to be held in Guam next week. He confirmed this during his weekly press conference yesterday at the Rove police headquarters. Varley said Guam is hosting the conference for the first time and the annual event was…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has highly commended landowning groups in North and North-East Guadalcanal for allowing their resources to support economic development activities in the country. Mr Sogavare made the comments when he joined the visiting President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao to open two new major bridges funded by ADB at…
TWO Solomon Islanders from Guadalcanal Province created history when they were handed their employment permit for Canada on Thursday. The duo Amelia Muse and Careka Volly are the first two Solomon Islanders to have been granted the permit under the Canadian government’s Immigration nomination program. They touched down at the Vancouver International Airport and were…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI) and other private sector representatives were privileged to meet the Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao in Honiara this week. According to SICCI Chair, Jay Bartlett the visit by Mr Nakao to Solomon Islands “signifies and reinforces ADB’s ongoing high-level support to Solomon Islands”. “Because…
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) will no longer extend their influence into the selection process for students awarded with scholarships under their respective constituencies starting next year. Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) Dr Franco Rodie revealed this to the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting yesterday. Dr Rodie…
THE Media Association Solomon Islands (MASI) welcomes the appointment of Hilda Lamani to the position of CEO of MASI. The President of MASI, Deli Oso, previous press secretary to the Prime Minister and now a sub-editor for the Solomon Star newspaper, believes that Ms Hilda Lamani will bring a wealth of business management and financial…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has started implementing E-Monitoring on long line vessels. Two vessels are already fitted with E-Monitoring Units over the weekend. The units are made up of cameras and recording hard drives which will be used to monitor all activities on the fishing…
BLUE boats destruction cost the government $400,000, according to information revealed during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Tuesday. Permanent Secretary (PS) for Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) Dr Christian Ramofafia said the lowest bidder for the destruction of the boats is $400,000, thus government opted for the cheapest bidder to dispose…