Latest News Archive April 2015

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has pledged the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government’s commitment to maintain 20 percent of the total annual budget for the education sector in the next four years.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare says the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government will table a reviewed Education Act in Parliament this year as a critical first step in reforms within the education sector.

Solomon Islands, Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification and the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, Meteorology and Disaster Management maintained their position that the main water at the tailing facility at the Gold Ridge Mine is unsafe.

The Vanuatu government says it is pleased with Russia's offer of assistance with the relief effort after cyclone Pam and says it has asked Russia to assist in the reconstruction phase of the recovery.

Japan's imperial couple has arrived in the Pacific island nation of Palau yesterday, the site of a fearsome battle with American troops, on a rare overseas visit related to World War II.

The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government will review the country’s existing immigration and labor laws to ease challenges affecting foreign investment in Solomon Islands.

Dubbed the "People's Budget", Solomon Islands Finance Minister, Hon. Snyder Rini has tabled the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government’s record holding $4.18 billion budget in Parliament last week.

The Government through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has extended the harvesting period for sea cucumber (bech-de-mer) for an additional month on strict conditions.

The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has organized the workshop in Honiara for its staff and all Provincial election officers to discuss the successes, challenges and issues experienced during the National Biometric Voter Registration process and the National General Election in 2014.

The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government will re-establish the customary land recording and registration process as a step towards strengthening customary land ownership to make tribal lands available for economic development.

The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government will develop the country’s first ever National Tourism Legislation to ensure that tourism development in the country is environmentally, socio-culturally and economically viable.

Communities across the Solomon Islands will be better able to construct and maintain their own water systems with the support of 27 newly trained Construction Supervisors from government and non-government organisations in all nine provinces.

The Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of states whose Secretariat is based in Brussels, Belgium has this week responded to the cyclone Pam relief appeal by the government of Vanuatu by sending a humanitarian Mission to Vanuatu.