Viru to benefit from $160m MCC funding

VIRU Harbour Community in New Georgia Island in the Western Province has been selected as a beneficiary of the $160-million Forest Value Enhancement Project for Solomon Islands Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Programme. The multi-million-dollar project funding was announced by the Vice President of the Department of Policy and Evaluation at MCC, Ms Alicia Philips…

NEW HOSPITAL GIFT

Japan is building a new hospital for Malaita Province as early as the end of this year WORK is expected to start soon on a new hospital for Malaita Province, thanks to Japan. Japan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Solomon Islands, Miwa Yoshiaki, confirmed this in an exclusive interview with Solomon Star yesterday. Ambassador Yoshiaki…

RSIPF NCPD works to achieve strategic goals

THE National Crime Prevention Department (NCPD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) is proactively working to achieve the three goals of its five-year Strategic Direction Plan 2021-2025. The three goals are to: Improve community confidence and trust; Work in close partnership with stakeholders and the community to strengthen public safety; and to Enhance…

MoU signed between RSIPF and OAG

The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the Solomon Island Office  of the Auditor General (OAG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU) at the Office of the Auditor-General in Honiara on Friday May 19 2023.  The MoU sets out areas of cooperation including manners of referrals, follow ups,  sharing of information and sharing…

FINAL YES AWAITED

Tokyo awaits final report from the International Atomic Energy Agency to proceed with the discharge of nuclear treated water JAPAN is almost certain to go ahead with its plan to dump nuclear treated water from its Fukusima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, its envoy to Solomon Islands Miwa Yoshiaki told Solomon Star in an…