The Archbishop of Canterbury – the most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby has arrived this afternoon. The Church of Melanesia’s media unit confirms, the Most Reverend Welby is in the country on a low key visit.
The National Disaster Management Office, NDMO, says there is no tsunami threat to the Solomon Islands following an earthquake which occurred around 3pm today. An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred at 3.04pm this afternoon near 35 kilometres Southeast of Buala, Isabel Province.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has successfully completed a four days training for 50 Revising Officers in Honiara. A statement from the Commission says the Revising Officers represent the country’s 50 constituencies.
Solomon Islands has become one of the highest rice consuming country in the region, with its current rice consumption standing at 100 kilograms of rice per person.
Solomon Islands has been singled out amongst three Pacific Island nations to benefit from a fashion and cultural industries coaching training. The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat says practitioners, government officials, representatives from arts and culture associations, women’s groups, tourism…
The Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) says its call to the new Police Commissioner to clear his name before taking up his new post is based on hard evidence and supporting documents and are not hear-say information.
The South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) says the current airline impasse between Solomon Islands and Fiji will have a direct impact on tourism and trade related industries.
Police investigations into Principal Magistrate Rodgers Tovosia have been halted, due to an absent complainant who is currently overseas. Early this year, Australian Quentin Maclaine claimed Mr Tovosia offered to acquit him from his case at the Magistrates Court, in exchange for $50,000.00.
The Maritime Office in Gizo, Western Province has issued a strong warning to people in Western and Choiseul Provinces to be extra cautious when travelling by sea. Maritime Officer in Gizo, Whitley Douglas said people planning to travel at sea should do so with caution.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo and his delegation have returned today from a four-legged trip to Cuba, Palau, Taiwan and Indonesia. In Cuba, Prime Minister Lilo officially opened the Solomon Islands Mission in Havana.
Eight students from Jones Adventist College in Western Province, who went missing after the boat they were travelling in encountered problems between Gizo and Vella La Vella, were rescued this morning.
The Acting Prime Minister has rejected allegations the Malaita Ma’asina Forum made against the newly appointed Police Commissioner, saying there is no standing court case for Frank Prendergast in Australia.
The Solomon Islands Mission in Indonesia has been officially opened. Speaking in Jakarta on Tuesday this week, Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo said this marks an important time in the relationship between Solomon Islands and the Republic of Indonesia.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo on Tuesday met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during which both leaders agreed to deepen the cooperation between the two countries.
The Temotu Provincial Government and the National Government have developed a shelter strategy to address housing needs of people left homeless by last year’s earthquake and tsunami disaster in Temotu.
The Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited plans to expand its current land lease Eastwards within the Guadalcanal Plains. SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer Dudley Gani reports, the company currently holds leases to six thousand hectares, and wants to expand thirteen thousand hectares towards…
A revived political party, the People’s Progressive Party says solutions to addressing anti-social behaviours within Honiara lies in the decentralisation of development in the country.
The Minister for Development Planning and Aid Coordination, Connelly Sandakabatu is among a high level group of panellists who have discussed Regional Connectivity for Shared Prosperity this morning in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Consumer Affairs and Price Control Department of the Commerce Ministry is currently examining goods subjected to price control under the Price Control Act. The Department has deployed officers to assess the price of goods sold in shops in Honiara.
Patron of the Solomon Islands Scouts and Coast Watchers Memorial Trust Board, Milner Tozaka says the events of the second world war in 1942 has shaped Solomon Islands into what it is today.
