The Governments of Solomon Islands and Japan today signed a multi-million dollar project to expand facilities at the Honiara International Seaport. Japanese Ambassador and Charge d’ Affaires to Solomon Islands Kenichi Kimiya, and Foreign Affairs Minister Clay Forau signed the documents which now…
A team is currently in Malaita conducting solar inspections in the North Malaita region. The inspections are part of a two year guarantee period of a solar project the Japanese International Cooperation Agency funded in the region.
The Solomon Islands Development Trust, SIDT has launched a Voter Awareness Project to empower people to participate in a meaningful way in this year’s National General elections.
Youths in North Malaita are calling on the national government to stand by its promises in terms of national projects for Malaita Province. Being part of the North Malaita Constituency Youth Congress, the youths made the call saying such national projects would engage young people, which would help…
A New Testament bible translated in the Kwaio language has been completed by the Solomon Islands Translation Advisory Group, SITAG. A statement from the group confirmed the Kwaio translated New Testament was completed and a copy is now on display at the National Parliament Bible Display.
Expatriate workers of St Barbara have left the country after the company enforced the ‘force majeure’ clause in its agreement with the government. Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says he was alerted on the situation late last week when most of the company’s expatriate workers have left the…
Community leaders in North Malaita said the national government has failed to implement its flagship policy of Economic Growth Centers, EGC, in the province.
Finance Minister Rick Hou has today signed funding agreements worth around 22-point-one million US dollars for two new projects for Solomon Islands with the World Bank.
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development, MID, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency,JICA, have announced a plan to reconstruct the main Honiara Highway is in its final stages.
Local teak tree farmers at the Guadalcanal plains are calling on the Member of Parliament for North Guadalcanal to explain how he spent his constituency’s reforestation program funds for last year. The farmers made the call after missing out on the reforestation funds last year.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, MECDM through the Environment and Conservation Division and partners are implementing a national project to clean and rehabilitate the Mataniko River.
Over 2-hundred solar panels are set to be distributed to three wards in North Malaita. The Ministry of Mines and Energy delivered the set of solar panels under the Japanese Tech Pacific Environment Committee fund.
About 50 communities in the country will benefit from a project on water and sanitation to be implemented by UNICEF. The communities are located within Choiseul, Makira, Isabel, Temotu and Rennell-Bellona Provinces.
