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Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will make his way to the Solomon Islands next week as part of a sweeping Pacific tour that also includes stops in Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Kiribati from August 31 to September 11. The visit takes on particular significance for Honiara,…
After years of bumpy drives and dodging potholes, residents and commuters in Gizo are finally seeing repairs begin on the town’s aging roads. Urgent road rehabilitation and spot repairs commenced last week and will run for six months, covering roughly 15.47 kilometres of roads across the Western Province’s business centre.…
East Malaita Member of Parliament(MP) and Minister of Home Affairs, Fr Manasseh Maelanga, dismissed suggestions that his motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Matthew Wale is designed to derail ongoing investigations. In his statement, Maelanga said he fully supports independent inquiries into the 33 West Rennell bauxite shipments, Pacific…
PM cuts short Palau trip after Maelanga files no-confidence motion; ministers reportedly resign as GREAT Government faces internal revolt within its three-month-old coalition by Georgina Maka’a Prime Minister Matthew Wale is cutting short his Pacific Islands Forum trip and returning home to address the political revolt within his coalition, Government…
A plan to establish what conservationists describe as a “seascape national park” in the Marovo Lagoon of Western Province is well on track. The proposed Kavachi Seascape National Park is being led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a US-based non-profit organisation that works to protect wildlife, forests, oceans and…
A young Solomon Islander, Sharon Inone, has won a prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Young Leaders Award from the UK. Inone was presented the award yesterday by British High Commissioner, Paul Turner. The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust (QECT) was established by the late Queen and works with young people across…
The Gold Ridge Women Farmers’ Poultry Project has acknowledged the support of the Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation (SIART) Project, which is helping women farmers expand poultry production and strengthen their businesses. Chairlady Joyce Pohungke said SIART support had enabled the group to improve its poultry housing and increase…
The Government has officially reopened the SME Credit Guarantee Scheme (SMECGS), creating new financing opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses across Solomon Islands. Speaking at the reopening ceremony yesterday, Minister for Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration Harry Kuma said the scheme was more than a financial facility. “It was an…
Officers told Gina Maka’a, a reporter for OCCRP member center In-depth Solomons, her questioning was aimed at uncovering the source behind a report published last year. The search also comes after IDS reporting that led to the suspension of Solomon Islands’ police chief. by OCCRP OCCRP has strongly condemned the…
The Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) says it has written to Prime Minister Matthew Wale, asking him to withdraw the Mineral Resources Bill 2025. BLC Chairman Jamie Vokia revealed this yesterday when Gold Ridge landowners presented a petition to his committee at Parliament House. The landowners, who host the country’s…
