The Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), Franklyn Derek Wasi, is in Nadi, Fiji attending the 2024 Pacific SIDS solutions forum. The forum is organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) with the Fiji Government and is attended by pacific leaders, private investors from across the globe and high-level…
THE secret land deal, hatched by top advisors to the former Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) carried an element of surprise in the planned execution of the land-grab deal. It was intended to keep businessman Patrick Wong and the Levers Solomon Ltd (LSL) and Russell Islands Plantation Estates Ltd (RIPEL) in the dark until…
BARBARA PLINKERT – European Union’s (EU) new Ambassador to the Pacific – has told journalists in Honiara that the European Union (EU) has never left the Pacific. “We’ve always been here and will continue to engage with this important region,” the Ambassador said in response to questions as to why there seemed to renewed interest…
TULAGI Hospital in the Central Islands Provincial Capital last week received a world class incinerator to help it manages its wastes. The Incinerator Facility was handed over by the World Bank, Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) and the Tulagi Hospital Renovation Project constructor RSF to the Central Provincial Government on Friday 1 November. …
Two companies holding a combined 75.1% share in Levers Solomons Limited (LSL) have voiced concerns about the proposed $90 million Alternative Transaction. Orbis Commodities Pty Ltd (Orbis) indirectly owns 37.55% of LSL, while its joint venture partner, Overseas Shipping Trading and Investment Pty Ltd (OSTI), holds an additional 37.55%. The remaining 24.9% of LSL is…
The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) Solomon Islands was officially launched on Friday at the Heritage Park Hotel. The European Union, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the United Nations Capital Development Funds (UNCDF), under the leadership of the Solomon Islands Government mobilized over USD$18 million in 2008 to launch the…
The Australian Border Force (ABF) has delivered a second round of investigative interview training to Solomon Islands Customs, Immigration and Police to help equip officers to plan and conduct detailed and effective investigative interviews. The training is based on the PEACE model for investigative interviewing which began in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and…
MEMBER of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for South Kolombangara has recommended the need to get technical experts from China to provide support on agriculture and forestry. Jenty Isaac the Western Provincial Minister for Agriculture and Forestry highlighted this on Thursday in his contribution to the Sine Die Motion. He said, with the province finalising its sister…
MEMBER of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) for Ward 3 – Simbo, Western Province has requested the Gizo Dog Committee and Gizo Town Council (GTC) to continue with the stray dog culling exercise. Gideon Tuke was speaking during last week’s Full Assembly at Imagination Island Eco-Resort in Gizo. He said, although the culling exercise was successfully…
Prime Minister (PM) Jeremiah Manele on Monday has officiated at the Tina Hydro Development dam construction ground-breaking ceremony, the first large scale renewable energy project in the country. In his commissioning statement, Prime Minister Manele said, Tina Hydro is not just a project. It is a beacon of hope and unity for our nation as it represents…