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…
The Solomon Islands National Statistics Office, SINSO, is facilitating a three-week Household Income and Expenditure Survey under the Building Capacity in Statistics and Audit, CAPSA Project, a jointly funded project between the World Bank and the Solomon Islands Government. More than one hundred-thirty participants from the nine provinces and Honiara are currently attending the training…
SOLOMON Islands Council of Trade Union (SICTU) welcomes the Government Tripartite Policy through the Office of the Commissioner of Labor in which the Government, the Employer and the Unions will work in partnership. The tripartite cooperation between the Government, the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), and the Solomon Islands Council of Trade…
A family is homeless and their nine-year-old daughter is dead after the father allegedly poured petrol around the house which caught fire and destroyed the home. The incident is now under investigation by officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) at Henderson police station. The tragic burning incident occurred at Tenaru bridge area…
The Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) has reiterated its appeal to all road users including pedestrians and vehicle drivers to take extra precautionary measures when using the public roads. The call came after Police has observed several traffic fatalities. “Pedestrians, before crossing the road, you are to observe the oncoming vehicles when crossing both lanes,”…