Victims of the April flash flood early this year families in South Guadalcanal constituency last week received relief supplies from the National Disaster Management Office.
Work on Kamaosi Road project in the Gao Bugotu area, Isabel Province has started yesterday. Stringer Charles Fox Lemoa reports Chief Hugh Tazzy Bogese of the area said this comes after the needed machineries for the road construction were landed safely at Kasera port last week.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services says, its up-scaling the age range of persons affected with Measles to 30 years is purposely to contain the viral infection. This was confirmed in a radio talk-back show on Measles through the National Broadcaster SIBC yesterday.
Only 39 Constituencies have their constituency profiles completed. Minister for Rural Development, Mr Lional Alex made this revelation in Parliament this morning. Minster Lional says, out of the 50 constituencies, only 39 have their profiles and development plans completed.
State Own Enterprises in the country has showed an average 10 percent return on equity in 2010 to 2012 compared to a return of negative 11 percent from 2002 to 2009.
Minister for Finance Rick Hou says the government has acknowledged the private sector as an engine for sustainable and development growth in Solomon Islands. Minister Hou made the statement during the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Business Excellence Award over the weekend.
The Ministry of National Unity Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP) has completed consultations on a National Peace Building Policy Framework (NPPF) over the weekend.
Coconut farming families in and around Choiseul Bay will no longer incur high shipping freights and travel the rough seas for days to sell their copra in Honiara.
People around the Tenavatu Cattle breeding farm in North Guadalcanal have called on the Ministry of Agriculture Live Stock division to quickly construct a relocated stock yard to secure cows for sale.
The National Government has seen a number of achievements to date, says the Minister for Finance and Treasury, Rick Hou. Minister Hou made the statement in Parliament yesterday, when he presented the Government’s No. 2 Appropriation Bill for this year.
Speaker of Parliament, Sir Allan Kemakeza has given the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources until tomorrow to inform Parliament of the exact location of the beche-de-mer consignment which was stolen from the Ministry’s compound last year.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has devised a plan to manage its Beche-de-mer resources. This is revealed by the Fisheries Minister Hon. Alfred Ghiro in Parliament yesterday.
Women and children across the country now have a legislation to protect them from domestic violence. This follows the passage of the Family Protection Bill 2014 in Parliament yesterday.
An RAMSI Crocodile Safe team has set up crocodiles traps early this week at Siara Village, North-East Guadalcanal. The team is responding to calls for assistance after a crocodile killed an elderly woman from the village last month.
Shortland Islands is without a shipping service after commercial ship operators did not apply to provide services to the islands under the Government’s Franchise shipping scheme.
Parliament has passed the Family Protection Bill 2014 today. The 69 Clause Bill took Members of Parliament until late yesterday to go through the Committee stage, which was adjourned to today. The Committee resumed after a Question and Answer session this afternoon.
The case of the stolen beche-de-mer consignment has been returned to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to establish some more information needed to further progress the case.
Taiwan has released the second payment for the “2014 ROC Funding Support to Solomon Islands”, but only for 45 constituencies. A media statement from the Embassy today says, Taiwan’s Ambassador to Solomon Islands Victor Te-Sun Yu formally released the second payment of SBD$13.5 million to Prime…
The Minister for Aviation has accused Fiji of ‘dictating’ and ‘interfering’ with Solomon Airlines operations into Fiji. The impasse between the Airlines of the two countries began in mid-July this year, and the stand-off is now into its seventh week.
The High Court has ordered the Prime Minister’s legal counsel to provide further disclosures in a current defamation case against him. Russell Islands Plantation Estate Limited (RIPEL) General Manager John Whiteside named Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo as the first defendant in a defamation…
