Nominations for the Honiara City Council (HCC) Elections will open tomorrow November 12th. The Honiara City Council says the nominations will open for seven days until Wednesday 19th November.
Solomon Islanders will wait until a new government is elected to re-negotiate a settlement of the three months aviation impasse with Fiji. A delegation of senior government officials from Honiara was in Suva last week to thrash out pending issues with their Fiji counterparts.
Japanese Government through its embassy in Honiara has approved more than $600,000.00 to construct an administration and training office building at Ranadi Dump Site, East Honiara.
Honiara City Council (HCC) has shifted its new three years Waste Management Program backwards. Honiara City Council clerk Charles Kelly confirms this to SIBC News yesterday.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) and the Participating Police Force (PPF) are continuing their crime free election operation. A police statement yesterday says the operation involved officers from the Guadalcanal police, PPF and Rove Police Station.
The High Court has yesterday sentenced two men to spend the rest of their life behind bars for murder. The two men, Allen Kaipua from Rennell Bellona Province and Gideon Bosa from North Guadalcanal were convicted last week for separate murder cases.
Former Member of Parliament for East Kwaio Alfred Sasako has raised the importance of establishing polling booths for provincial constituencies in Honiara during the elections.
The High Court will deliver its verdict Thursday next week, on whether certain provisions within the Political Parties Integrity Act were Unconstitutional. The Solomon Islands Democratic Party is challenging the Act in a case it filed against the Political Parties Commission.
A contingent of Australian riot police is among more than 90 Participating Police Officers (PPF) being flown to Solomon Islands ahead of next week’s elections.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) says there has been overwhelming support from communities within the Northern and Eastern regions of Malaita Province over a visit to the regions by police.
The Ministry of Environment will start implementing ground works with communities on the National Rehabilitation program to clean up the Mataniko River next year. Launched in June this year, the program is now in its awareness and baseline studies.
Solomon Islands Electoral Commission Awareness team has successfully completed its voter awareness program in West Makira Constituency last week. The awareness program attracts many eligible voters in the constituency as it covers more than 20 polling stations in the constituency.
The Commonwealth Secretary General has agreed to deploy an 11-person Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) for the Solomon Islands General Elections, due on 19 November. This response is directly related to an invitation by the Solomon Islands Government to the Commonwealth Secretary General’s Office.
Discussion on political parties merging and forming the next government has been an interesting development according to the Political Parties Commission observation. Registrar of Political Parties Calvin Ziru made the statement during a media conference recently.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has appreciated the engagement of communities and stakeholders to ensure a peaceful and safe general election this month. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast made the statement during his media conference last Thursday.
A wreath laying service will take place at the “Pride of Our Nation” Monument, Commonwealth street, coming Tuesday. The Solomon Scouts and Coastwatchers Trust Board today told SIBC News, November 11 marks the day the first world war was officially ceased and is commemorated in the United States as…
Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce (SICCI) and Westpac Bank are offering the opportunity for entrepreneurial minds to win three grants of $5,000 each in the Service Innovation, Technological Innovation or Good Governance categories.
Party administrators of the 12 registered political parties have started dialogue with the Political Parties Commission on complying with requirements under the Political Parties Integrity Act.
Six people have been arrested for the break in and assault incident at the Ruavatu National Secondary School. The School closed early last weekend after a group of men stormed into the school and broke into a girls dormitory.
A community leader from Choiseul Province says current Members of Parliament have no right to take back projects that was given to constituents during their term in Parliament.
