THE Value Added Timber Association (VATA) Enterprises Limited is partnering with Australia to promote sustainable timber production in Solomon Islands. Under the Solomon Islands-Australia partnership, VATA will support smallholder farmers to harvest, mill, and export plantation timber to Australia and…
Date: Friday 6th December 2024 Time: 8.00am-1.00pm Venue: Mataniko River (Bodo Detke’s compound, gate entrance near Fijian quarter Time PROGRAM OUTLINE 7.00am-8.00am Assemble at Mataniko River (Bodo Detke’s compound, gate entrance near Fijian quarter) 8.30am-9.00am Remarks from HCC City Clerk …
SOLOMON Islands is officially in the 2024 – 2025 high-risk weather season. As the local disaster response sector conducts crucial preparation for the potential of a natural disaster, Australia is proud to be working shoulder to shoulder-in support. On 4…
PRIME Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele MP had an engaging and informed meeting with Ocean conservation advocator, the Prince of Monaco, Albert II (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi) and National Geography Pristine Seas expedition specialists onboard research vessel ‘ARGO’. Prime Minister…
THE Bahomea and Malango Community Benefit Sharing Trust Association has finalised registrations and nominations for the upcoming elections for the Board of Trustees (BoT) and Community Advisory Committee (CAC) with 2500 members registered to vote. People from over 70 Tina…
THE Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant Project (BHTPP) continues to move forward with geotechnical investigations on site this week following field survey work completed in early November. The project, a significant national initiative that will see the Solomon Islands establish…
THE third Pacific Regional Heads of Maritime meeting was formally opened this week. Prime Minister Hon. Jeremiah Manele MP officially opened the regional heads of maritime meeting at the Forum Fisheries Agency headquarter in Honiara. Welcoming distinguished delegates, maritime officials…
SWEET potato farmers in North Guadalcanal are fortunate to receive vital information from agricultural experts on how to grow healthy sweet potato gardens. Last week, a team of agricultural experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock’s Research Unit and…
ROYAL Solomon Islands Police Force under the Serious Crime Unit had arrested the first shop owner for breaching the Single Use Plastic ban regulation. Xian Pan Li a Chinese businessman was arrested for using plastic cups and spoon at his…
DR. Rhonda Robinson, Director of the Geoscience, Energy, and Maritime Division of the Pacific Community (SPC), greeted Honourable Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele last week. Ms. Robinson was accompanied by three of her senior staff members. They used the opportunity to…
THE Australian Government is partnering with Pacific nations to improve energy security and scale up energy grid transition with a AUD125 million (SBD687.5 million) investment in renewable energy. Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, announced the…
HONIARA, Solomon Islands, 11th November 2024 – People on the Island atoll of Sikaiana will now be able to have access to information relating to the rate of coastal erosion and extent of inundation of their island. Thanks to the…
