PM to attend UNGA

PRIME Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, will represent the country at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York this month. He announced his attendance last week when moving a motion for the special adjournment of the parliament to Monday 7th November. “I will lead a Solomon Islands delegation to the United Nations General…

New grant agreement for Seif Ples

THE Australian Government through the Australia Solomon Islands Partnership for Justice (ASIPJ) is pleased to recommit its support to Seif Ples with a new grant agreement of SBD175,000. The Australian High Commission said the support is to meet the increasing demand for service by the survivors of gender-based violence. “This will help to strengthen the…

EU announces multi-million-dollar project

THE European Union, long been a major development partner in Solomon Islands’ development, is due to announce a multi-million-dollar project aimed at improving service-delivery and strengthening government capacities to support people-centered development.   EU’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands and the Pacific, His Excellency, Sujiro Seam, is due to announce the new funding arrangement when he…

‘FAILED PROMISE’

Makili questions DCGA’s promised infrastructures for the MOI border CHAIRMAN of the Malaita Outer Islands Fisheries Taskforce, Lawrence Makili has questioned the border infrastructures the Democratic Coalition Government for Advancement (DCGA) promised to build at the MOI border through the Covid-19 National Oversight Committee (NOC). He said the absence of these DCGA-promised infrastructures is another…