The Solomon Islands Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Policy 2015- 2019 had four clear goals: 1; To achieve food security; 2 To improve rural livelihoods; 3 To promote agriculture for import substitution; and 4 To increase trade. The VISION…
The Leader of the Opposition Group, the Hon. Mathew Wale told parliament last month that most of the decrease had been in the Ministry of Tourism budget and 2020 development budget set at $6.3 million, down from 7.8 million in…
Prompted by His Excellency the Governor-General’s new year address to the nation last week when he touched upon the informal sector, urban drift, rural unemployment and the need for vocational skills training, I have been contemplating on what he said…
I read today, in the Island Sun newspaper, that the Solomon Islands has potential with aquaculture to meet the food security demand in the future. The article said, quote: “According to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) National…
The Prime Minister, the Hon. Manasseh Sogavare, used his Christmas address to once again call for national unity, citing the examples of Christian teaching and belief in meeting the challenges that life’s ups and downs bring about. It is a…
His Excellency the Governor General, Sir David Vunagi, GCMG, in his new year’s address to the nation reportedly said the country continues to face the problems of unemployment and urban drift because it has not properly managed the formal and…
There are currently registered at the National Referral Hospital, Honiara, 240 patients requiring dialysis treatment but there is no treatment available at this point in time and such patients are claimed to be dying at the rate of 1 to…
Solomon Islands and the world awake today (Wednesday 1 January 2020) to a new year and a new decade in which humanity risk irreparably damaging the Earth with climate change inaction. His Royal Highness Prince William spoke on the eve…
The three professional musicians of Dionysus Ensemble arrived in Honiara this week and were met on arrival at Henderson International Airport by Rose Mauga and some ten members of the Solomon Islands Piano Association (PASI). While in Honiara for the…
Inspired a little by the Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol, I would like to share with you a true story of a past occasion when circumstances were not as bright as today for a policeman stationed in Naha. I should…