SOLOMON Water is increasing water charges for its domestic and commercial customers this New Year. Chairman Solomon Water Board Donald Marahare said the new tariff represents only an increase of 39cents per kilolitre (tonne) of water for the lowest domestic tariff band. “Our tariff is partly driven by high electricity costs (which has increased over…
NAURU Airlines has added Honiara to its “Island Hopper” route. This is supported by Australia to increase connectivity across the Pacific through its Pacific Flights Program. The Island Hopper route will connect Solomon Islands to Australia and its northern Pacific neighbours. Operating every Thursday, this route commences from Brisbane to Honiara, Nauru, Tarawa, Majuro and…
SOLOMON Airlines has promoted one of its female pilots to Captain of the national carrier’s largest domestic aircraft – Dash 8. Lyndah Tito Owen was Dash 8 First Officer before officially receiving her Captain’s epaulettes yesterday (3rd January 2023) with a water cannon salute to mark the occasion. A statement from Solomon Airlines said her…
LEADER of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has described the government’s decision to grant extra public holidays for the public service during the festive season as mindless and ridiculous. In a statement today, Hon Wale said the decision for the public service to have extra public holidays from the 27th of December 2021 till January 3rd…
The Australian and Solomon Islands Governments have approved a 2030 roadmap for the Australian-funded Solomon Islands Infrastructure Program (SIIP) which outlines a pathway to boost connectivity in the country by building robust and high-quality economic infrastructure. Local content will play a vital role in realising the Roadmap. Following the quarterly SIIP Steering Committee meeting on…
Hon. Jeremiah Manele has met Government officials from the United Arab Emirates as the oil rich Arab nation prepares to host COP 28 in November 2023. Minister Manele was accompanied by Ambassador Moses Kouni Mose and UAE businessman entrepreneur Mr. Mohammed Albloushi and met with H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and…
Solomon Islands Broadband Tower Company coming soon SOLOMON Islands Government will establish a new state-owned enterprise (SOE) ‘Solomon Islands Broadband Tower Company’ to look after the 161 towers to be built around the country. This was revealed by the Minister of Communication and Aviation (MCA) in response to a question raised by the Opposition leader…
AS the country goes through the festive season and the New Year period, the country’s national flag carrier is expected to get busy. That’s according to the Solomon Airlines Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gus Kraus in an interview with this paper. “Its normal to expect busy period from December to January. We are hopeful but…
The Signing of a Surface Access Agreement between an overseas mining group and 20 tribes in East Malaita for mineral prospecting stirs environmental concerns AN overseas group, Asia Mining Company, has signed a Surface Access Agreement with over 20 tribes in East Malaita to carry out mineral prospecting, sparking concerns about large-scale environmental woes in…
THE Pacific American Fund (PAF) will launch a new funding window next month and deliver up to SBD$2.8 million worth of awards to local organisations. These monies are for investment into local organisations and communities. The US Department of State’s Charge d’Affairs for the Solomon Islands, Russell Comeau, highlighted this when speaking at the launching…