PARLIAMENT has been adjourned till Friday 15 November to give the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) ample time to look at the 2025 Appropriation Bill 2024 (2025 Budget). The house resumed on Monday but was readjourned after the passage of a Special Adjournment Motion moved by Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele. All sides of the House agreed…
SOLOMON Islands Government, through the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services (MPNSCS) is working closely with the Australian Government to double the size of Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF). Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services Jimson Tanangada highlighted this during his recent visit to Gizo, Western Province. He told his…
The Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Franklyn Derek Wasi, is in Nadi, Fiji attending the 2024 Pacific SIDS solutions forum. The forum is organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) with the Fiji Government and is attended by pacific leaders, private investors from across the globe and high-level…
THE completed first phase of the Tulagi Hospital Renovation Project has been handed over by the World Bank, Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the constructor Super Construction Company Limited to the Central Islands Provincial Government. The handover ceremony was held on Friday 1 November. This Hospital Renovation Project worth SBD9.6 million was…
THE secret land deal, hatched by top advisors to the former Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) carried an element of surprise in the planned execution of the land-grab deal. It was intended to keep businessman Patrick Wong and the Levers Solomon Ltd (LSL) and Russell Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL) in the dark until…
BARBARA PLINKERT – European Union’s (EU) new Ambassador to the Pacific – has told journalists in Honiara that the European Union (EU) has never left the Pacific. “We’ve always been here and will continue to engage with this important region,” the Ambassador said in response to questions as to why there seemed to renewed interest…
THE Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Solomon Islands is making significant strides in supporting local cocoa farmers in the rural Guadalcanal and Malaita. With the backing of ADRA Australia, through the Soul Cocoa Livelihoods Project, the organization is dedicated to enhancing the livelihood of local communities through sustainable cocoa farming practices, from nurturing seedlings…
TULAGI Hospital in the Central Islands Provincial Capital last week received a world class incinerator to help it manages its wastes. The Incinerator Facility was handed over by the World Bank, Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the Tulagi Hospital Renovation Project constructor RSF to the Central Provincial Government on Friday 1 November. …
THE Royal Solomon Islands Police Force’s (RSIPF’s) Western Provincial Police headquarters in Gizo is currently undergoing major upgrade works. The upgrade commenced more than a month ago and is making steady progress. The Gizo police are currently operating from a makeshift office as the upgrade works continue. Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services…
Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has raised concerned over a lawsuit threat against the Island Times Newspaper of Palau. In a statement issued today, PINA said, it expressed concerns over the intimidation and threats of lawsuit against its Vice President, Ms Leilani Reklai, Publisher of Island Times newspaper. “PINA stands in solidarity with the statements…