BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Erin Elizabeth McKee has expressed her condolences following the bomb incident over the weekend that has already claimed a life. On Sunday, three people were seriously…
By EDDIE OSIFELO DEVELOPMENT Service Exchange (DSE) will go out to communities to promote the Citizen Budget Guide 2020 The Guide is a tool that will help DSE and its Member Organizations to assist and enable communities fully participate in…
A one week information workshop on the 2021 national budget for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) is underway in Honiara. The workshop is a follow on of the Floating Budget Office (FBO) Mission to Parliament which commenced on Tuesday 16 March,…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SPEAKER of Parliament, Patterson Oti calls on civil society organizations to work together to create a better Solomon Islands. Speaking at the launching of the Citizen Budget Guide 2020/21 at Honiara Hotel on Monday night, Oti said…
The UK has announced £12 million in new funding to support developing countries to better prepare for and respond to disasters, including those linked to climate change. The funds will go to the Start Network for rapid responses by charities…
By EDDIE OSIFELO SPEAKER of Parliament, Patterson Oti says the production of the Citizen Budget Guide 2020/21 is timely. The Guide is an important tool to present the national budget in a simple way that can transform the culture of…
GREAT to see our development partners visiting the provinces and talking face-to-face with the premiers. In recent months and weeks, we’ve seen donor reps visiting provinces they’ve never visited before. This week for instance, Australia, New Zealand and China representatives…
A total of 63 churches in the country will see their hygiene practices increase as the USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs (BHA) Project through World Vision Solomon Islands recently assisted them with water tanks. The churches are from Malaita, Makira,…
THE Malaita Provincial Disaster Office successfully certified 25 community leaders in Emergency Response Training (ERT), which will give communities the ability to assist authorities and carry out their own assessments in a disaster response event. Representatives from five communities under…
