Family farming will continue to be important, regardless of external threats, says the Chair of this year’s World Food Day National Committee. Michael Ho’ota made the statement this morning during celebrations to mark World Food Day in Honiara today.
An elder from the Shortland Islands says terminal grants should be paid to parliaments according to merits. Shortland Elder Ronnie Kidoe made this statement after recent revelations on how the grant was handled, and the other legal matters surrounding the monies.
The West Kwara’ae Sports Association in Malaita Province is preparing for its first ever 2014 football tournament. The event will kick-off this month. Secretary Timothy Maearo told SIBC Sports, a seven aside tournament will be hosted next week at Dala to prepare and select teams to be part of the…
The Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) has bought out all cable from Wireless communication shares in Solomon Islands Telekom Company. The share was purchased for SBD$100 million which NPF will now own 97.32 percent in Solomon Telekom.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force says it is remaining vigilant in the lead up to the country’s election in November. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast told a press conference last Thursday, the Police are expecting some disturbances during the election but they remain vigilant to deal…
A primary school in remote South Guadalcanal has received assistance of over $600,000.00 to build a two-storey classroom building for the school. Viso Primary School received funding assistance of $630,982.00 from the Japanese Grassroots and Human Security Project yesterday.
Save the Children, through its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Program, also known as WASH, has conducted awareness for students of Ruavatu Secondary School in North Guadalcanal.
The caretaker NCRA Government wants to reform the Leadership Code Act to ensure the implementation of Chapters 3 and 4 of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.
The UN Women Solomon Islands in collaboration with the Honiara Central Market Vendor Association today celebrated the International Day of Rural Women in Honiara.
Today is World Handwashing Day and Solomon Islands has joined millions of people around the world to commemorate the day. Each year 200 million people around the world in over 100 countries celebrate the Global Handwashing Day event.
A concerned East Are’are constituent, Robert Tehi has condemned a Bankruptcy notice published in the Newspapers yesterday. The bankruptcy notice was published in a local newspaper today by a Wilson R Rano against the company of East Fataleka MP Steve Abana, and the MP for East Are’are Andrew…
Former Guadalcanal Premier Stephen Panga has issued a strong warning to Guadalcanal people to use their best judgement when they cast their ballots in the coming elections.
Over 100 police officers are currently undergoing a week long joint Public Order Management capability training in preparation for the National General Election next month.
Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) will be conducting its first community awareness today at the Borderline area, East Honiara. The program aims to educate voters about the role of MP’s, the role of voters, the value of your vote, choosing good leaders, keeping leaders accountable, and saying no to…
Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) will be conducting a rugby 15s coaching and match officiating workshop in Honiara. The workshop is for current practice coaches and match officials, as well as interested new ones and teachers from schools in Honiara and Guadalcanal province.
Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock has called for greater national attention to family farming, saying failing to address this results in a dependency syndrome. Jimmy Saelea made the statement this morning at the officially launch of the first ever Agriculture week in Honiara.
Permanent Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry says resilience for rural people to mitigate climate change extremes needs to be realised and supported. Jimmy Saelea made the comment today at the official opening of the Agriculture Week.
The High Court this morning has convicted a husband for causing the death of his wife at Lambi West Guadalcanal in 2009. Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer convicted the husband on one count of manslaughter after the Court found he had unintentionally caused his wife’s death.
A recently formed Citizen group in North Malaita Constituency, People’s Power Group has successfully held its first public forum on Sunday. The forum was organised by communities leaders in the constituency, to enable eligible voters of the constituency to choose their next Member of Parliament.
Solomon Islands will participate in all seven of the Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) sanctioned competitions. This was announced by the chairman of the Normalising Committee of the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) Barnabas Anga.
