By Fredrick Kusu in Bangkok, Thailand Solomon Islands has reaffirmed its commitment to addressing gender-based violence. Director of Women at the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs Vaela Falefehi Devesi told the Ministerial Conference on the Beijing +30 Review in Bangkok that…
By Fredrick Kusu in Bangkok, Thailand A UN Women costing study shows that Solomon Islands has lost approximately USD 15.1 million in the annual productivity of women in the formal sector in 2021. This accounts for 1 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2021.
By Fredrick Kusu in Bangkok, Thailand Tonga’s Prime Minister Lord Vaea told the Ministerial Conference on the Beijing +30 Review in Bangkok on Tuesday that Pacific countries have made significant progress on women participation in business leadership and in education.
By Fredrick Kusu in Bangkok, Thailand The 3 days Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review has started in Bangkok today with a strong call for collective actions by Asia Pacific countries towards achieving gender equality in all aspects of life.
By Fredrick Kusu in Bangkok, Thailand In a show of solidarity, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) government representatives and advocators of gender equality in the Asia Pacific gathered in Bangkok to reaffirm their commitments towards fully implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for…
The Minister for Culture and Tourism, Hon. Choylin Yim Douglas, participated in the Inaugural Pacific Talanoa for Women in Tourism, held in Suva, Fiji, under the theme: “Thriving Together – Gender Equality for Tourism Growth and Transformation.” The Talanoa session which was part of this year’s…
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) has successfully hosted the highly anticipated 8th Business Excellence Awards (BEA) on Saturday night at the Aquatic Center.
Seif Ples is proud to announce the development of a comprehensive database designed to improve the management of data related to calls received by the SAFENET Helpline.
Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele MP visited the Gold Ridge Mining Limited, GRML mine site this weekend. Prime Minister Manele was accompanied by the Minister for Infrastructure Development Hon. Manasseh Maelanga MP and Minister of Public Service John Junior Tuhaika MP. Mr.
By Fredrick Kusu in Bangkok, Thailand Solomon Islands has voiced the need for more data on gender equality ahead of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review scheduled to take place from the 19 to 21 November in Bangkok, Thailand.
This week, representatives from Pacific governments and civil society have arrived in Bangkok for the Pacific Civil Society Organization (CSO) Forum and the Women’s National Machinery meeting, ahead of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Review of Beijing +30.
It was a moment of celebration and recognition of the partnership and commitment between the governments of Australia, New Zealand, and Solomon Islands in the creation and construction of a new science laboratory at Reginald Chapman Nicholson College, in South Vela La Vela, Western Province.
Taro police have arrested a 76-year-old grandfather for alleged rape in a community in East Choiseul on 6 November 2024. The grandfather, who was a person of trust, committed the offence with three different victims ageing eight, nine, and twelve years on separate occasions.
The Chinese Police Liaison Team (CPLT) 5 has completed its tenure, and this week the team paid the final courtesy call to the Prime Minister, the Honourable Jeremiah Manele, MP.
Honiara, Solomon Islands [11 November 2024] – The governments of Solomon Islands, Australia and New Zealand have handed over a new girls’ dormitory and ablution block for Tabaka Rural Training Centre in New Georgia, Western Province, marking a significant development for the school.
The United Nations Resident Coordinator for Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu Mr. Dirk Wagener undertook a brief courtesy visit to Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele MP this morning.
A TOTAL of $199M discretionary exemptions from January to end of September 2024 were granted by the Minister of Finance to individuals and companies, the Opposition Office has learnt.
Three reshuffled Permanent Secretaries were sworn-in by His Excellency Reverend David Tiva Kapu, Governor General of Solomon Islands yesterday following their transfer appointments by the Public Service Commission.
The Solomon Islands continues to value its bilateral and multilateral relationships with the European Union (EU), which have strengthened through development cooperation under the auspices of the Lomé Convention, the Cotonou Agreement, and the Samoa Agreement Prime Minister, the Honourable Jeremiah…
By Opposition office/Alfred Pagepitu The Leader of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale has called for the sacking of the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Dr Samson Viulu.
