China’s Jiangsu Province donates to MAL, Malaita

THE Huai’an City of China’s Jiangsu’s Province has gifted crucial equipment to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) and Malaita Province. The equipment, which included rice transplanters, rotary tillers, tractors, digital greenhouse equipment, rice milling machines, water and sewage pumps and agricultural sprayers, computers and digital monitoring equipment, are expected to help boost operational…

DECISIVE ACTION URGED 

SOLOMON Islands must create a more favorable business environment by adjusting regulations to attract both international and domestic investors. This was underscored by the World Bank Senior Economist for the Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice for Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Lodewijk Smets in an interview with local media Tuesday. Mr Smets was speaking following…

Benefits of M-Selen remittance service 

MANAGER Key Accounts of Our Telekom’s M-Selen Team, Christina Palusi has highlighted the importance and efficiency of the newly launched innovative remittance service initiative. The initiative was officially launched at the Bonfire Festival 2024 at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara on Saturday night. “Our Telekom is excited to announce the launch of its innovative…

PM launches Samasodu communication tower 

Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele MP officially launches the Samasodu telecommunication tower in Isabel.  In a small but historical ceremony at the Solomon Towers Limited, STL, head office, Prime Minister Manele had the honour of making the first official text, video and phone calls to distinguished community leaders at Samasodu village in the Hograno, Kia,…

SI museum goes virtual 

SOLOMON Islands National Museum is amongst the first cultural heritage institutions in the region to be accessed virtually. This followed its launching last week under a project supported by the British and High Commission Offices. “Today the Solomon Islands National Museum becomes one of the first cultural heritage institutions in the region to have an openly…

Chinese officials visit SAPE farm

Senior supervisory officials from the Administration and Management Institute (AMI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Sunday October 6, 2024, visited SAPE farm in North Guadalcanal.  The MARA team comprised of YAN Shi, President of AMI, MARA, and LIU Jinping, AMI, MARA Division Director…

Fight broke out over proposed mining

A PHYSICAL confrontation has broken out in North Rendova, Western Province between the supporters and opposers of a proposed mining operation.The incident occurred on Sunday 13 October when a team from the Ministry of Mines and Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) were conducting an awareness on the mining operation in Lokuru.The division in the community…