THE Ministry of Infrastructure Development has released details of Constituencies that have bought ships with funding from the controversial shipping grants. Permanent Secretary, Stephen Maesiola, released the details in response to a question submitted to the recent Government weekly news conference. According to Mr Maesiola, of the 14 Constituencies on the list, only nine (9)…
Australia’s SBD1.65 billion infrastructure partnership with Solomon Islands has delivered its third industry training to support local industry winning more work and delivering better quality infrastructure. Last week local construction companies developed Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) policies for their workplaces – with the message that the inclusion of women and people with…
IT is always hard to say goodbye to someone close to you. This is exactly how SolTuna board, management and staff felt Monday last week when they formally bid farewell to their outgoing general manager Jim Alexander and his wife Leo. Sixty-eight-year-old Mr Alexander has been with SolTuna for 10 years and Noro is where…
THE ever increasing cost of living is a challenge for many families both in the rural sector and urban centres. And there are people who continue to struggle each day to sustain the welfare of themselves and their families. Times have changed and many of our rural people are struggling more than ever to do…
COMMERCIALISATION is an important tool in the arsenal of Pacific state-owned utilities as they seek to decarbonise and mitigate climate change-related risks, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. Finding Balance 2023: Benchmarking Performance and Building Climate Resilience in Pacific State-Owned Enterprises compares the performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in nine Pacific island…
The Government, through the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, McKinnie Dentana and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Stephen Maesiola today signed a Maritime Component of the Land and Marine Connectivity Project or LMCP with the international contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation or CCECC. This will see the…
THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday led a media tour of the almost complete, expanded campus of the University of the South Pacific in Honiara which will provide students better access to higher education. Funded by a $15.4 million concessional loan and a grant of $1.5 million from the ADB-administered Clean Energy Fund, the Higher Education…
THE cruise ship, National Geographic Orion, is leaving Solomon Islands for Vanuatu today after spending six days visiting remote places and enjoying the rich cultures of the visited islands. The state-of-the-art 102-passenger vessel arrived in the country on Friday last week in Lata, Temotu Province. It underwent clearance in Lata and travelled onward to Malapu…
Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (PNG) has briefly met with the new European Union (EU) Ambassador to PNG last week in Port Moresby. During the meeting, the two officials, His Excellency (H.E) William Soaki and H.E Jacques Fradin shared and discussed issues of common interest between the EU, SI and the region. In…
OUR Telekom will soon launch its mobile money service. This was confirmed by the company’s Information staff last Thursday during an information-sharing session with Honiara’s artisan community. The Our Telekom Information staff briefed the local artisans about the company’s range of new products that could help them market their products online. Amongst the range of…