THE new Western Extension of the Honiara’s Central Market will be completed next month, creating undercover space for 100 vendors. Local workers have been busy installing the large roof and are now finishing the concrete bench tables and other works…
SOLOMON Water is pleased to provide an important update on the Sewer Works – Fisheries to Ranadi Roundabout project. This project, which aims to significantly enhance the sewer infrastructure in Ranadi, is progressing despite some challenges. The project is being…
THE Government of Japan continues to boost the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification (MMERE) with vital Geoscience with the handover of a consignment of latest modern equipment last week. The consignment included a specially designed research vehicle, a…
THE new Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Forestry and Research, Richardson Raomae was sworn-in by the Acting Governor General, Patterson John Oti at Government House today. Mr Raomae from Dairana Village in Central Kwara’ae, Malaita Province has a long…
DUE to high turbidity caused by current heavy rains, water supply from our Kombito source is closed until further notice. Turbidity is a measurement of how cloudy the water is in surface water sources and can be caused by silt,…
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…
THE Forum Fisheries Agency has this week hosted a tuna bottling for small business workshop training, which attracted at least 15 local participants in Honiara, according to the FFA media statement. The training aims to provide tuna bottling training for…
SOLOMON Water has announced the closure of water supply and no running water to several urban communities and business areas after a major burst pipe in central Honiara. The cause of the outage was a major burst pipe caused by…
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…
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…
SOLOMON Water wishes to advise valued customers there are new tariff rates effective 1 September 2023. The new tariffs represents an increase of 36 cents per kilolitre (tonne) of water for the lowest domestic tariff band. Solomon Water Board Chairman…
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…
