REPRESENTATIVES from the government, private sector, civil society, and development agencies have validated a new draft climate finance and public spending roadmap for the Solomon Islands. The validation rounded off a half-day workshop in Honiara, on Friday 12 August. The…
BY MYRNE LIVETT THE Government’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock aims to improve the delivery with the rollout of the World Banks funded, Solomon Islands Agriculture Rural Transformation Program in the country, says Deputy Director Project, McDonnell Hiva. The World…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) convened the second meeting of the Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant (BHTPP) Project Technical Working Group (TWG) on Tuesday 02 August 2022. The Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant Project is a government…
A review on the National Agriculture and Livestock policy gets underway at the B-17 Dive resort, Northwest Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province starting today Tuesday 26 July 2022. The 2 days national review saw the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) bring…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare launched the Solomon Islands Renewable Energy Roadmap on Friday 22 July – announcing major reforms in the energy sector in the areas of policy, legislation, regulation, institutional, financial, and management arrangements. The new Roadmap provides the…
BY MYRNE LIVETT RURAL FARMERS in Central Guadalcanal have called on political leaders, government leaders, Chiefs and educated leaders in the community to help cocoa farmers in the villages by boosting agri-business at the community level. Lemuel Bobby and Elihu…
A delegation of Lenders flew into Honiara last week, marking the first face-to-face supervisedLenders’ mission for the Tina River Hydropower Development Project before COVID-19 andthe closing of international borders. Representatives from the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Korea…
PRIME Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare and his Fijian counterpart, Hon. Frank Bainimarama have today signed a historical Maritime Boundary Agreement. The signing is consistent with the intention of all PIF Members to maintain maritime zones in the face of climate…
THE United Nations Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world strengthens its effort to mobilize, create and drive solutions to realize the Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14): Life…
WHILE huge commitments are being made and offered to assist countries to conserve, protect and manage their ocean resources, accessing finance for ocean projects is still a major obstacle for many Small Island Developing Countries (SIDS), including Solomon Island. This…
THE National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) and the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) are scaling down their COVID-19 operations from “Full-On-Activation Mode” to “Standby Mode” as of 04th of July 2022 following the announcement made by the Prime Minister, Honorable…
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has applauded the support of vegetable seeds donated by Rotary Club of Honiara recently. The donation of 13,000 packets of variety of seeds support from rotary club is intended for Honiara urban residing…