A THIRD courtesy visit to Temotu Province to discuss and identify a site to build a security base in the eastern part of the country has been conducted over the weekend. The visit on Saturday 3rd September was conducted by officials from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Solomon Islands Government. This was highlighted…
A senior team from Tourism Solomons has met with key travel partners in Australia to reinstate the destination’s presence and relationships on the Australian travel industry scene as quickly as possible. Led by Tourism Solomon’s Acting CEO, Head of Corporate Service, Dagnal Dereveke and Head of Sales & Marketing, Fiona Teama, they carry on the…
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) Monitoring & Evaluation team has successfully completed the East Makira Constituency (EMC) but have acknowledged the challenges and issues affecting the slow progress in terms of development in their constituency. The MRD team visited some of the projects funded under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) around EMC last week…
The Solomon Islands Government today says the timing of the announcement by the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong that Australia is willing to fund the Solomon Islands upcoming National General Election was inappropriate. In a statement on Tuesday, the SI Government says it acknowledges and appreciate the offer, however, its announcement came at a time…
POLICE are investigating the death of a man during a card game known as “play pass” at Lengakiki in Honiara on Friday night last week. Central Police Station supervising provincial police commander (PPC) Superintendent Flotilda Sabino said the incident happened between 11pm and 12am Friday night. Ms Sabino said police have identified the alleged suspect…
AUSTRALIA has made an offer to fund our National General Elections. In an interview with ABC RN Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the offer reflects Australia’s long-standing and historic commitment to supporting democracy and the democratic processes in Solomon Islands. “We have made an offer for assistance and it’s a matter for Solomon Islands…
A World Bank (WB) mission is currently in Honiara, providing technical support towards the implementation of the current 13 million USD health project, funded by WB through the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFt) and managed and implemented by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) through its Project Management Unit (PMU). The project…
There are a lot of improvements expected at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) that will transform the health services Secretary to Prime Minister Dr Jimmy Rodgers says. He highlighted this in a talkback show on the national broadcaster-SIBC yesterday. “At the NRH there is a lot of improvement coming, showing the transformation there both visually…
Solomon Islands’ first high-end furniture showroom was launched by Tropic Group Builders (TGB) with support from Strongim Bisnis, an Australian Government economic program. The partnership showcases the potential of local plantation timbers such as teak and mahogany to be transformed into high quality furnishings. The new TGB showroom in Honiara, set up as a studio…
AFTER 6 years and months of recommissioning to restart the Gold Ridge Mine in Central Guadalcanal, GRML is just days away from entering full production. Despite of numerous challenges the company has successfully completed its recommissioning activities, and is now carrying out trial production runs. Over the past days the Company’s Community Relations department has…