E/Rennell World Heritage Site stakeholder dialogue successful

A STAKEHOLDER consultation dialogue on East Rennell World Heritage Site organized by Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was successfully held on 31st May 2022 at Heritage Park Hotel conference centre. The dialogue under the theme “Towards Developing Sustainable Livelihoods in the East Rennell…

Dr Maebuta on courses offered at SINU

THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) currently offers certificate, diploma, bachelor and post-graduate courses in various fields and it strives to ensure that its students graduate with the qualifications they pursue. The university has expanded both in infrastructure development and academic programmes and continues to strives to offer higher qualifications in cooperation with the Japanese…

New US$24m World Bank project for SI

THE World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a new project in Solomon Islands focused on boosting economic development in rural communities. The Integrated Economic Development and Community Resilience Project also aims to improve citizen participation in provincial planning, and boost climate change and disaster risk resilience at provincial and community levels. Solomon Islands…

DENTANA TO FACE COURT

MoFT Permanent Secretary to appear in Court over non-payment of SBD$50m compensation ordered by high court THE question of why government seems to ignore making payments ordered by the High Court is expected to come under the spotlight in Court next Wednesday 15th June. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, McKinnie Dentana,…

School Fee Options

DEAR EDITOR, Rural based parents can have the option of offering something ‘in kind’ if they don’t have enough cash to complete their children’s tuition for this year. This was highlighted by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) Lanelle Tanangada in an exclusive interview with the paper, Wednesday night. She said, parents…

SBD$180m grant and TRHP

DEAR EDITOR,  Solomon Islands and Australian governments have signed an additional 180-million Solomon dollars grant and loan financing agreement to build a 22 kilometers transmission system for the Tina River Hydro Project in Honiara The support was funded under the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific which consists of a base grant, a contingency…

Employment in SI

DEAR EDITOR, Where are we going from here in terms of Employment? The total population estimated by the SI National Statistics Office for 2022 is 722,392 and is expected to grow in the years to come. CBSI’s Fourth Quarter Report in December 2021 reported that total employment stands at 55,573, down 3% from the same…