The measles outbreak in the country has now claimed three lives, since the outbreak was announced in July this year. This was revealed in a radio talk back show today by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
People of Makira Ulawa Province are really affected by the closure of some services at Kirakira Hospital. In late July the Hospital closed down some of its services due to water shortages at the hospital and no proper disposal site for the hospital’s clinical wastes.
High Court Judge, Justice Stephen Pallaras says unless the Government actually does something, treaties and conventions of human rights and the elimination of violence including the recently passed Family Protection Act, barley worth anything.
The National Council of Women (NCW) said performances of leadership needs to change in Solomon Islands. NCW made the statement according to a 2013 National Survey from the Australian National University which shows that leadership and performance of the government was not to the people’s…
North Malaita region will now have a quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) for its children following the graduation of forty early childhood teachers this week.
Two Managers at the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) have graduated over the weekend and they are Randall Noda and Jenny Tura. The two were among other students who graduated from the University of the South Pacific, USP, hosted in Honiara over the weekend.
The 2014 Chess League will kick off soon. This was according to the Solomon Islands Chess Federation President Alick Mamae. Speaking to SIBC Sports, Mr Mamae says registration has started last week and will continue for the next two weeks.
Care-taker Minister for Education and Human Resource Development, Dick Ha’amori says school fee increases or changes which are not authorised by the Ministry of Education is illegal.
A man is in custody under suspicion of killing his wife during a domestic row at the staff housing area at the Kukum Campus of the Solomon Islands National University. The woman’s body was discovered early Wednesday morning under a tree near her house, with a piece of rope around her neck.
Ten prisoners from Rove Central Correctional Centre (CSSI) were released yesterday afternoon. Of the ten prisoners, one has served 21 years of life-sentence and the rest 10 years and above.
A group of Youth Ambassadors from Taiwan have arrived in the country this afternoon. The twenty member delegation is here on a bilateral visit to boost youth exchange between the two states.
Officers from the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) have met with community, church leaders and government workers at Malu’u, North Malaita, to determine the future of its operations in the region.
The Magistrate Court has adjourned the sentencing submissions and mitigation for a man who was arrested for wielding a 30 centimetre hook during the Prime Minister’s election in 2011.
A team of officers from the World Vision Solomon Islands Branch is currently doing disaster risk reduction awareness in North Guadalcanal. The team’s first awareness program was on Monday night and they have seventeen villages to cover.
The Australian High Commissioner Andrew Byrne has expressed regret to the Deputy Prime Minister over last week’s embarrassing body search at the Brisbane Airport in Australia. Manasseh Maelanga was asked to undergo a random explosives body search while he was transiting in Brisbane last week.
The National Disaster Management Office, says there is no tsunami threat following an earthquake which occurred around 11am this morning. An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred at 11:13am this morning near latitude 10.8 South Longitude 165.6 East approximately 23 kilometers of Lata, Temotu…
The new Chief Magistrate of the Honiara Magistrates Court Emanuel Kouhota said the increasing incidents of rape in Solomon Islands is worrying. Chief Magistrate Kouhota made the statement after being sworn-in by the country’s Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer.
Care taker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has been reassured that work towards the establishment of the new University of South Pacific, USP, Doma Campus is progressing well.
The hospital committee at Malu’u, North Malaita has said health services in the region will be severely affected if the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority, SIEA, decides to cease its operation in the area.
The Solomon Islands High Commission in Port Moresby denies allegations of misappropriation of funds for SIG sponsored students studying in various Papua New Guinea tertiary institutions.
