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by Georgina Maka’a Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says the country is expected to see a steady economic growth over the next three years. “Real GDP (gross domestic product) growth are expected to be 3.8% in 2025, 4.3% in 2026, and 4% in 2027, after a growth rate of 3.1% in 2024,” Manele said at…
by Georgina Maka’a Approximately $84 million spent on road repair works since 2022 Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele urges the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and his engineering team to treat the current road conditions in Honiara City as an emergency. Manele emphasized the necessity for proper monitoring…
Hunanawa Community High School (CHS) on Small Malaita received a new classroom building on Thursday, 6 March 2025. This new facility provides a safe and conducive learning environment for the remote school in Ward 20, a coastal community along the Maramasike passage in East Are Are. The classroom building was…
by Ronald Toito’ona Malaita Province has become one of the main recipients of China’s development help in Solomon Islands, with education being a major area of support. Chinese ambassador Cai Weiming highlighted this at the launch of the China-funded Auki Road Project in Malaita on March 5. “Out of the…
by Lesley Sanga in Malaita While people moved from rural areas into Honiara in large numbers in search of jobs and easy life, Joel Laedola took the opposite direction. Joel left his formal job in Honiara and traveled back to his home village of Kakara in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province…
by Charley Piringi None of the 69 workers of King Solomon Hotel will lose their job despite the official change of ownership from the Kennedy family to King Hotel and Resorts, today. The assurance was given during a handover ceremony held at the hotel, marking the official transfer of ownership…
Opposition leader Matthew Wale has expressed strong objections to the manner in which ADB and the government are managing the upgrade of the old Honiara international wharf. Originally agreed at SBD$240 million, the project cost has now skyrocketed to approximately SBD700 million, despite being seven years overdue with no construction…
The Australian High Commission has opened a new round of the Solomon Islands–Australia Community Partnerships. The Solomon Islands-Australia Community Partnerships support community-led projects to improve living standards through small-scale community projects like staff houses, toilet blocks, community water tanks, solar power for community infrastructure, and community halls. “Community Partnerships funding…
Australia will fund 500 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) scholarships in 2025 for young Solomon Islanders. Under the Solomon Islands-Australia Partnership, the Australia Skills Award will be delivered in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) to provide greater access to quality TVET qualifications…
A new Aviation Complex Building will be built near Honiara International Airport. This new facility, which will enhance aviation safety and operational capacity, is part of the Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2), funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA). “The new…
