The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) will soon commence spot monitoring of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) projects in all the 50 constituencies.
Solomon Ports on Friday made a special visit to Lalana Island in the Langalanga Lagoon, Malaita Province, to officially hand over tools and materials to members of the Koalimaurina Women in Business Association.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), through its Soul Cocoa Livelihood Project (SCLP), has successfully completed a three-day refresher training for Women’s Savings Groups in Guadalcanal Province.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), through its 50 constituency offices, is continuing to implement the 2024 Constituency Development Funds (CDF) programme with $194 million paid to all constituencies in the closing quarter of 2024.
A two-week series of awareness on the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) Act 2023 is currently underway in Hograno-Kia-Havulei Constituency (HKHC) in Isabel Province. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) is conducting the awareness in collaboration with the HKHC office.
Senior supervisory officials from the Administration and Management Institute (AMI) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China on October 6, 2024, visited SAPE farm in North Guadalcanal.
By Alfred Pagepitu The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has donated livelihood materials to communities in Isabel Province at the Chinese Embassy in Honiara today. The materials include 2 computers, 40 radios, 40 portable solar power sources, 120 solar lights, and 5 boxes of fishnets.
A joint mission team from the World Bank and the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) have commended Agribusiness Producers Organizations (ABPOs) approved under the Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation (SIART) grants in Malaita.
The National Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey (MLHS) is discussing with the Malaita Provincial Government to assist in implementing climate change adaptation strategies for the relocation and resettlement of communities affected by climate change. Lands Minister Hon.
Leader of Opposition Hon Matthew Wale said the government’s ambitious policy promises can only be delivered by government ministries. Speaking in Parliament in response to the Speech from the Throne on Monday this week, Hon Wale therefore urged ministers to provide political leadership and…
By Alfred Pagepitu The presence of Asian bees in the Western Province has raised fears for a local Beekeeper like Betti Lingisasa. The arrival of the Asian giant hornet, also known as the ‘murder hornet,’ has been a devastating blow to Simbo Island’s long-standing honey production.
By Alfred Pagepitu BEE-Keepers from Simbo Island are benefiting from the Honey Revitalization project officially launched in Lengana village a week ago.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) last Friday (5 July 2024) delivered four ray-boats and 13 engines worth $685,000.00 in Constituency Development Funds (CDF) to beneficiaries from Temotu Vatud constituency.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) says that the Payment of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) for this financial year will be delayed. Permanent Secretary of MRD Dr. Samson Viulu made the clarification for the information and awareness of every constituent and the public today.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), through its Rural Sustainable Development Program (RSDP), delivered materials worth $1.5 million towards the establishment of the first-ever Central Guadalcanal Constituency (CGC) Fisheries Centre on Wednesday 5 June.
By Mary Manelegua Live and Learn Solomon Islands and its partners have assisted three communities in Honiara through the Helpem Sista project. The assistance included 96 piglets, 2 and half bale of white clothes and 140 colors, 6 bales of second hand clothes and 102 different types of gardening…
The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) delivered yet again another livelihood project worth SBD$1.3 million for rural communities in the Shortland Islands Constituency last Friday.
In a ground breaking initiative, women from four communities in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands have launched a new line of body lotion and soap made from sustainably harvested sea grapes.
South Guadalcanal communities benefiting from Water Supply and Sanitation projects funded by China under the Rural Sustainable Development Program (RSDP) implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development Two most isolated communities of Guadalcanal Province in South Guadalcanal Constituency (SGC)…
By Sharon Nanau The Australian government delivered 40 projects worth more than SBD 8.7 million under its Australian Community Partnership Grant to their recipients on Friday. These projects aimed at improving the livelihood in rural communities.
