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…
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…
IF you are outside the circle of the corridors of power in Solomon Islands, you may never cross her path. Equally, you may never run into her if you are below the echelon of business and commerce in Honiara. Ma Li Ping is very powerful woman indeed. Although she has been here for the last…
THE launch of a new mobile platform by the Public Solicitor’s Office (PSO) means that over 460,000 mobile users in Solomon Islands, representing 66.3 percent of the population, will be able to access legal information at their own convenience from their own communities. The Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) platform is accessible on basic mobile…
POLYCARP Galaigu, MPA for North West Ngella has been elected on Wednesday as the new Premier for the Central Islands Province. This was confirmed by the Central Provincial Speaker, Francis Moah. Former Premier Manetiva was ousted in a Motion of No Confidence passed by an absolute majority of eight without his presence and his executive.…
A SUCCESSFUL clean-up operation was conducted within the Western Provincial capital of Gizo and the nearby islands, Wednesday. The clean-up exercise was held as part of the World Environment Day which fell on June 5th and World Ocean Day which falls on June the 8th, 2022. The theme for the environment day was; ‘Only one…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has slackened to update the current Covid-19 status of the country since it was last updated last month. Since the weeks of silence by the ministry, members of the public are confused if the virus is still around or not. There were reports that many people in…
HONIARA High School is being boosted with the donation of 100 plastic chairs thanks to the Councilor for Mataniko ward 7, Cr. Clement Terewauri, Wednesday. The donation comes as the school commences its 2022 academic year. The school was a victim of last November’s looting and rioting that left millions of dollars in damages and…
THE government is preparing to launch an initiative to commercialize the farming of a variety of agricultural commodities in the country. Temotu premier Hon Clay Forau Soalaoi in his speech yesterday to mark the province 39th second appointed day said the initiative is an effort to address the constraint of sustainable supply required for sustainable…
THE call for fee free education this year is not going to work but parents have to pay for it. This was announced by the Minister of Education and Human Resource Development Lanelle Tanangada during her constituency tour last week in Gizo, Western Province. “The fee free education option would not be possible and parents…