MAJOR earthworks at the new SBD $250 million Naha Birthing and Urban Health Centre in Honiara are now complete, with the pouring of concrete foundations commencing last weekend. Australian High Commissioner Rod Hilton said he was delighted with the progress of major milestones at Solomon Islands’ first Urban Health Centre. “The Naha project is well…
Solomon Islands signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday the 24th September 2024. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Peter Shanel Agovaka signed on behalf of the Solomon Islands Government. Minister Agovaka signed and deposited…
Australia and New Zealand has supported the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) with a new forklift, valued at approximately SBD 210,000 funded through the Education Sector Support Program. The forklift would be used at the Education Resource Unit warehouse to lift, move and stack curriculum materials for distribution to schools nationwide. On…
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Northwest Choiseul, Harry Kuma will know if the petition filed against him is dismissed or not at 9am on October 16. That is when Judge Howard Lawry will deliver his ruling on the application to strike out the petition case. This followed the hearing of the strike out application filed by…
NESI declares war on Giant African Snail [GAS] in West Rennell NICKEL Enterprise SI Ltd, NESI for short, has bounced back, announcing an extensive eradication and control program to stop the spread of the invasive Giant African Snail (GAS) in West Rennell, the Company announced this week. The program will run parallel to on-going prospecting…
FUNDING the Government’s $140 million buy-back scheme of prime land jointly owned by Solomon Levers Ltd (LSL) and Russell Islands Plantation Estate Ltd (RIPEL) has hit a major legal hurdle – thanks to the Commissioner of Lands for exposing the secrecy surrounding the deal. Commissioner Alan McNeil sharedd insights into the buy-back scheme in a…
SOLOMON Islands has entered into diplomatic relations with the Republic of Colombia. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Peter Shanel Agovaka and his Colombian counterpart Luis Urrutia signed a joint Communique formalizing the establishment of diplomatic relations in New York at the margins of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session. Both Ministers…
Solomon Islands need to capitalise on its great potentials in mining, tourism, agriculture and fisheries to attract more investments. That’s according to the World Bank economist Lodewijk Smets during the launch of the Solomon Islands Country Economy Memorandum (CEM) Report in Honiara recently. “A lot of things come with investment and so Solomon Islands needs to attract…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Peter Shanel Agovaka has held talks with Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs as part of expanding Solomon Islands (SI) and Indonesia bilateral cooperation by exploring new opportunities. During the dialogue, Solomon Islands has registered its interest to broaden its partnership and bilateral cooperation with Indonesia in new areas. Head…
Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele MP on Wednesday hosted board members of the Youth Entrepreneurs Council Solomon Islands (YECSI) during a courtesy call. The YECSI board was led by its Chairman Limahl Totogi, as well as staff members of the YECSI office. The YECSI board used the opportunity to provide update to PM on the…