SELECTED farmers and officers of the Ministry of Agriculture’s livestock department are currently attending a month long training on broiler rearing, breeding, feeding and housing management in Indonesia. The 20-person delegation from the provinces and MAL left the country on…
A consultation on the Kava Regional Development Strategy 2024-2028 and presentation of a scoping study on developing a kava-based pharmaceutical/nutraceutical industry in the Pacific was held in Honiara on Wednesday 18th October 2023. The consultation was facilitated by a team…
IN a recent operation in Western Province, approximately 500 different Unexploded Ordnance (UXOs) were removed and prepared for destruction. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) safely removed those UXOs to a safer…
CLOSE to half (49.5%) of all households in Solomon Islands had no access to a toilet facility – with open defecation being the primary facility used. This was captured in the 2019 Census report where a total of 132,492 households…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele, highlighted this at the AIS Blue Economy High Level Dialogue in Bali on Monday, October 9, 2023. Reiterating the importance of the ocean for the Solomon Islands and for…
SOLOMON Islands Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure Development, Manasseh Maelanga, called on donors to continue joining hands to support infrastructure development for the Bina Harbour project at the Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane, Australia, last week. Minister for…
MORE than 20 government officers from the Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce have successfully completed a training seminar on ‘Rural Development’ for Solomon Islands in China over the weekend. The program was held…
THE lack of urgency eight decades ago to remove UXO remains after World War 2 is a great cost to Solomon Islands in finance and lives. The Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the statement when issuing the country’s national statement…
OFFICERS from the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) who are currently attending a three-weeks seminar on ‘Rural Development” for Solomon Islands in China had the opportunity to deepen their understanding and knowledge on China’s agriculture transformation and rural development. This…
THE Bina Harbour Project team have taken to the stage to deliver a session on the Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant investment opportunity at the annual Pacific Tuna Forum being held in Papua New Guinea (PNG) this week. The forum,…
A Regulation to ban the import, manufacture, distribution, sale and supply of single use plastics in the Solomon Islands has been signed by the Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology and gazetted on 1st September 2023. The signing…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Malaria Division, through the Honiara City Council Malaria Division together with World Health Organization and Rotarian against Malaria provides “Weekly Malaria awareness and cases in Honiara City,” with the theme “Chasing Malaria in…