This month marks the continuation of vital consultations with key stakeholders for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Capacity Improvement of Urban Transport Management Project in Honiara. The second of these consultations was held this week at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) Headquarters. Chaired by the expert team from the Japan International Cooperation Agency…
THE Auditor General’s (AG’s) Report into the Government’s spending spree of its $308.5 million Economic Stimulus Package [ESP] is an extremely fascinating document indeed, if you are privileged enough to lay your hand on a copy. Not only is the 40-page Report captivating, it is intriguing for more reasons than one. Not all the reasons…
THE Malaita Provincial Government (MPG) is working diligently to find a new location for the establishment of a new rubbish dumpsite for the Provincial Capital Auki following a dispute with the current rubbish dumpsite landowners. The landowners prohibited public use of the dumpsite for the past two weeks. A visit by Solomon Star to the…
THE Workers Union of Solomon Islands (WUSI) and the Guadalcanal Provincial Government (GPG) have successfully concluded negotiations regarding the log of claims submitted by health workers of Guadalcanal Province. The claims, which primarily concern wage issues, were originally filed in 2018, but remained unresolved by successive provincial administrations. In January this year, WUSI issued a…
SOLOMON Islands Meteorological Service (SIMS) and the Australian Bureau for Meteorology (BOM) launched a twinning partnership at the SIMS Office at Vavaya Ridge in Central Honiara on Tuesday. The Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) Trevor Mahaga, in his remarks at the launch, expressed gratitude to the Australian High Commission and…
Asbestos continues to pose a significant health risk in government residential properties across Honiara and provincial centres, underscoring the need for more public health awareness. Philip Baura, Director of the Architect and Building Management Services Division (ABMSD) at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID), has issued a warning about the dangers associated with this hazardous…
A LARGE number of employees from the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) in Honiara turned out to vote in a secret ballot held at the Trade Dispute Panel’s (TDP) courtroom at Town Ground on Monday. TDP Chairman Willie Vaiyu said, voting began at 9am and continued until 4pm, with many SIPA workers participating throughout the…
THE Western Provincial Government (WPG) expects to collect an estimated revenue of $36,733,592 this financial year – 2025/2026. Finance Minister Ronnie Ghemu announced the expected revenue collection for this financial year when he tabled the province’s $36 million plus budget estimates at the Western Provincial Assembly meeting held on Imagination Island near Gizo on Monday.…
Team One members of Guadalcanal’s 2024-2025 Household Income and Expenditure Survey, HIES, have completed all their enumeration Areas within Malango ward and will soon move on to Vulolo, Ward 19. This week the team is completing their questionnaires, synching them and waiting for checks and rejects from the National Statistics Headquarter. Their last Enumeration Area…
A Total 24 members turned up for the Procurement Training organised by the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and delivered by Solomon Islands Government through the Ministry of Finance and Treasury [Procurement Department]. It was the 8th Procurement Workshop since the partnership with SICCI and MoFT was established – founded on the need to support…