Four young Solomon Islanders have been awarded maritime cadetship scholarships with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) marine services company, Pacific Towing (PacTow). Upon graduating as Officers of the Watch from the international program of theoretical as well as practical training, the awardees will initially be employed at PacTow’s tug base in Honiara. PacTow…
CLAUDIUS TEI’IFI – the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Kwaio Constituency – is the new Chairman of the SBD1.9 billion-dollar Bina Harbour International Seaport Project in Malaita. The appointment was announced in the West Kwaio Constituency social media Facebook page last week. “Our Member of Parliament Hon. Claudius Tei’ifi has been formally appointed (on)…
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for North Guadalcanal, Dr Paul Bosawai has expressed gratitude to Sustainable Resource Management (SRM) for its partnership in implementing an essential road maintenance project in his constituency. SRM is the contractor carrying out the road maintenance work covering more than 70 kilometres of feeder road in North Guadalcanal. In a…
Reeves International Construction Company has supported the Ministry of Infrastructure Development with machines for its Construction Material Laboratory. MID is grateful for the timely support. The calibrated Universal Compressive Testing (UCT) Machines to assess the mechanical properties of various materials, including steels, concrete, and aggregate crushing failure. These machines have reached their expiration date; this…
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale has called on the Minister of Mines & Energy Bradley Tovosia to halt the proposed granting of a mining license to Far East Resources Company Ltd for nickel mining on San Jorge. MP Wale made the call following serious concerns raised by tribal leaders and landowners, who reported that the…
THE Solomon Islands National Statistics Office (SINSO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) convened a one-day national stakeholder workshop on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) last Wednesday in Honiara. MICS is a standardised household survey tool which has become the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of indicators for…
THE first consignment of project supplies worth $2.1 million made possible through Constituency Development Funds (CDF) allocation for 2024 was successfully delivered by the North Malaita Constituency (NMC) recently. Its part of the NMC’s ongoing commitment towards improving social and economic livelihood in the region as aligned with its strategic development plan. This support aims…
SOLOMON AIRLINES forcibly removed several domestic passengers from its flight in Honiara to make way for foreign tourists traveling to Santa Ana, Makira Ulawa province earlier last week. Now the local passengers, dumped and forgotten, would have to wait at least until this week, Monday to return home. But that’s not all. The national carrier…
Local Malaita business Goshen Enterprise is partnering with Australia to help taro farmers increase production to meet growing demand for product in Honiara. Australia’s support, in collaboration with Solomon Islands Government ministries, will help Goshen scale up operations creating more local jobs, supporting more farmers, and contributing to the development of the local agricultural sector.…
Tensions flared in Gizo last week as several betelnut vendors stormed the Office of the Gizo Town Clerk and the Western Provincial Government (WPG) Headquarters. This was in response to the crackdown by authorities to remove unlicensed betelnut vendors in a move to maintain order and cleanliness in Gizo town. Reports claimed the vendors shouted…