Western Province has yesterday launched its first Women’s Empowerment and Transformation Policy for Development. It is a blueprint for the strat...
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR MINERAL POLICY
The country’s National Mineral Policy, which is currently in its consultation stage will make a series of significant changes to its related leg...
ALL PORT USERS MUST RENEW PASSES: SIPA
The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has ordered all Port users to renew their ports access cards for this year 2017. A statement from SIPA conf...
HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSIONS HELD IN OTTAWA ON CITREC REMITTANCE
A high-level meeting to discuss remittances for foreign workers from Solomon Islands planning to work in Canada is taking place in Canada’s capi...
LEGISLATION DEPRIVED BILLIONS, A PAP FINDING REVEALED
A People’s Alliance Party (PAP) meeting in Honiara has been told State legislations have for many years continued to deprive Solomon Islands bil...
MINISTRY OF WOMEN HOLDS STAKEHOLDER’s CONSULTATION
The Ministry of Women, Youth and Children Affairs will conduct a Stakeholders’ Consultative Meeting on optional protocol on the selling of the c...
CEMA REVIVAL PROGRESSING WELL
The Government’s initiative to revive the Commodities Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) is progressing well. Secretary of the Cabinet Sub-Commit...
GOV’T TIGHTENED LOGGING LICENSES
The Ministry of Forestry and Research will not issue any more felling licenses to newly registered foreign companies intending to carry out logging ac...
TAX-FREE INITIATIVE SHOULD BE MORE EQUITABLE: LILO
Former Prime Minister and an Economist by profession, Gordon Darcy Lilo say the tax exemption of MP’s salaries and other entitlements should hav...
MDPAC CONDUCTED ANNUAL PLANNERS POPULATION CONFERENCE
The Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination (MDPAC) conducts its annual Planners Population and Development Conference in Honiara. Direc...