Johnston Timothy Peseika, former Premier of Rennell and Bellona, is urging the current provincial executive to suspend all mining activities. His call comes in response to unfulfilled promises made by Bintan Mining Solomon Islands (BMSI) to landowners and the environmental devastation left behind during bauxite mining operations on Rennell from 2008 to 2011. “I urge…
SILI Malaghai Ulunganibeti Mamata Land Trust Board of the Ghaubata Tribe in Guadalcanal seeks clarification from the Government over the $140 million payout to RIPEL and Levers Solomon Limited estates ownership. In a letter dated July 23, 2024, to the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Chief and President of the Board, James Gerelete,…
Education is the foundation upon which any development strategy is built on. Vice Chancellor of Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Professor Dr. Transform Aqorau stressed this during the Solomon Islands Government and Development Partners Round Table meeting at Heritage Park Hotel on Wednesday this week. Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC) has organized…
THE establishment of the fourth Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Campus in Malaita Province holds profound economic and social significance to the province itself and the nation at large. That’s according to the SINU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Transform Aqorau when delivering his remarks at the roundtable dialogue between Solomon Islands Government (SIG) and development…
THE Government of National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) is actively seeking donor partners to bring the ambitious Bina Harbor Project to fruition, a milestone project that will see the construction of an international seaport and a state-of-the-art tuna processing facility. During Wednesday’s roundtable dialogue between Solomon Islands Government and the country’s development partners at the…
STUDENTS from schools in Honiara have participated in a two-day Open Day program hosted by the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) as part of its 45th Anniversary celebration. The event, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, was held at the FFA Conference Center. The students’ participation followed an invitation by FFA to their respective schools which resulted in…
The Minister for National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC), Rexon Ramofafia has highlighted the significance of collaborative efforts to drive Solomon Islands’ development forward. He was speaking during the donor roundtable dialogue held on Wednesday at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara. It was the first of its kind to be organized by any ruling…
THE Solomon Island Council of Trade Union (SICTU) is calling on the government to halt all existing mining operations to review its mining and tax laws for the maximization of benefits to landowners and host provincial government and the national government before reopening the mining sector to investors. SICTU said the Minister of Finance and…
THE Luapel House of Chiefs has called for the lifting of the ban on the harvesting and trading of sea cucumbers (beche-de-mers) as it affects the daily survival of the people of the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI). The call comes over claims the government, through the Ministry of Fisheries of Marine Resources (MFMR) and the Royal Solomon Islands…
THE Bina Harbor Processing Plant project in Malaita Province is estimated to require a capital investment of SB$ 1.6 billion to develop. The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Nestor Giro highlighted this in Parliament on Monday in response to the Speech from the Throne delivered by the Governor General at the opening of the…