THE Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Peter Shanel Agovaka, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other Pacific leaders gathered on Friday 25 October to mark the first deployment of the new Pacific Police Support Group, part of the Pacific Policing Initiative (PPI), backed by Australia and endorsed by Pacific Island Forum leaders in…
THE Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management, and Meteorology (MECDM), Minister Trevor Manemahaga will lead a delegation of 37 representatives to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) is scheduled to take place from November 11 to 22. MECDM Deputy Secretary Chanel Iroi…
JOASH Tuai from Malaita Province has commended the Environment and Conservation Division (ECD) of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) for the internship program under the Pacific Litter Project (POLP). Tuai and four others have been graduated by Australia and ECD with certificates for completing their intern program under POLP…
The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), as its part of World Food Day 2024 program has donated food for patients at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) on Thursday at the NRH kitchen. Minister Franklyn Derek Wasi, at the donation ceremony said, food is a human right, and this year’s World Food Day theme which…
THE Minister of Agriculture and Livestock acknowledges the country’s farmers, fishermen, food workers and agricultural product exporters for being the backbone of the country’s ‘food systems.’ At the same time, Franklyn Derek Wasi highlighted food insecurity as a global issue affecting not only Solomon Islands, but the entire globe. He highlighted these issues in his…
A training for participants, who will participate in the National Economic Establishment Census, NEEC, 2024 is currently underway. This is the second training program for NEEC and is currently underway at the Western Provincial capital Gizo. Participants from Western and Choiseul Province are attending it. Chief Statistician Economics Andrew Kakate said, he is pleased with…
Three Permanent Secretaries (PS) have been recently reshuffled. On Thursday they were sworn-in by His Excellency Reverend David Tiva Kapu, Governor General of Solomon Island following their transfer appointments by the Public Service Commission. The new Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening is Dr. Derek Futaiasi. Dr. Futaiasi replaced the former…
NICKEL Enterprise Solomon Islands Ltd [NESI] has stepped in to help the Renbel Provincial Government stop the spread of the invasive Giant African Snail (GAS) in the hope of providing communities there with food security. NESI is the mining company, which began an extensive bauxite prospecting program on Rennell in recent months. It said it…
Revised secret deal by DCGA to circumvent Patrick Wong and LSL backfires A SECRET deal designed by advisers of the former Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) to circumvent businessman Patrick Wong and Levers Solomon Ltd [LSL] now appears to be backfiring on Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele’s Government of National Unity and Transformation (GNUT). In…
THE lawyer for an unsuccessful candidate for the North East Guadalcanal Constituency parliamentary seat in the April 17 National General Election has withdrawn the petition filed against the successful contestant, MP Jamie Lency Vokia. Petitioner Bradley Lenga’s counsel Gabriel Suri informed the High Court on Monday that he would withdraw the petition against MP Vokia. …