Fisheries and Marine Resources minister and MP for Central Makira, Nestor Ghiro has urged his people of Manita in West Bauro to get their Covid-19 injections. Ghiro, who visited the Manita community on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, told the…
By Brian Lezutuni and Mavis Podokolo THE Government believes that the $360 million Economic Stimulus Package funding has helped Solomon Islands and its people avoid the worst economic impacts of COVID-19. When the pandemic closed international borders, shutting down tourism…
By Brian Lezutuni A second Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) is possible depending on the outcome of monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the current ESP payments. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury, McKinnie Dentana told Island…
By Brian Lezutuni When COVID-19 brought the biggest economic crisis in a generation the government responded with an equally unprecedented package of funding – it put $309 million into the economic stimulus package (ESP). Fifteen months on some farmers are…
Mala Agriculture office unhappy with gov’t decision on ESP By BRIAN LEZUTUNI THE Malaita Agriculture Office has expressed disappointment in the government’s decision to overlook it in its implementation of the Economic Stimulus Package in the province. The Auki Office…
By Brian Lezutuni THE fog has just cleared as Walter Ara begins his steep climb up the hills behind his village. After every five minutes he stops to catch his breath in between smoking tobacco from his pipe. He is…
Kira Kira Police crime investigators are investigating the sudden death of a 14-year-old Standard-5 student of FM Campbell School in Kira Kira, the Provincial Capital of Makira Ulawa Province. Acting Provincial Police Commander, Jerry Muaki says the student, Joseph Karani…
The National Government’s Gift of the Century to Makira, the Kira Kira Ramp, will be handed over to the Makira Ulawa Provincial Government in the second week of October. The Provincial Deputy Premier who is also the Minister of Works,…
The Premier of Makira Ulawa Province, Julian Maka’a has called on the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to revisit a Memorandum of Understanding it has signed with the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening to deliver health services…
The uncertainty about how and when the Solomon Islands will reopen to international tourists is causing great concern about the future of dive operators, and tourism in general. In a statement, the President of the Dive Operators Solomon Islands, Grant…