The Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock, Jimmy Saelea says people must be reminded that food security must go hand in hand with Nutrition Security.
The Government will commission another two Ambassadors tomorrow. They are Moses Kouni Mose and Salana Kalu. Mr Mose was previously Solomon Islands Ambassador in Fiji, and also in Geneva, Switzerland. He will be Solomon Islands Ambassador to Belgium.
The Honiara City Mayor, Andrew Mua says the Honiara City Council, HCC, has proactively addressed a number of issues fundamental to Honiara’s fast growing population. Lord Mayor Mua made this statement during his official speech in this week’s Independence Anniversary Celebration.
Work has begun on the Tatamba Wharf upgrade and rehabilitation. Tatamba, a wharf on the eastern end of Santa Isabel, is one of four wharves to be improved under the second phase of the Domestic Maritime Support Project.
The National Surveillance Unit of the Health and Medical Services Ministry and World Health Organisation, WHO have confirmed receiving reports of four deaths in children under 12 years old in Makira Province.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the 2014 Trade Expo is a testimony of the government’s seriousness to develop and promote Small and Medium Enterprises in the country.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has received 5-million dollars from Taiwan yesterday. The funds are for Kilu’ufi Hospital in Malaita and Helena Goldie Hospital in Western Province.
Our Telekom has yesterday announced major backing for the National Tourism Forum, scheduled to be held on August 29. Our Telekom’s Chief Executive Officer Loyley Ngira said the company recognises the role tourism plays in the overall development of the nation’s economy.
The Honiara City Mayor, Councillor Andrew Mua says Honiara City has been at the forefront of a remarkable transformation since Solomon Islands attained self-government 36 years ago.
The concept of making a new covenant with God is the way forward for a new Malaita province. Premier Edwin Suibaea made this statement during Malaita province’s seventh anniversary of the signing of the new covenant with God, held in North Malaita Monday this week.
Printing, copying and other administrative problems will be a thing of the past for a number schools in the Western province – following a recent visit from members of the Australian Rotary Club. The Rotary Club team visited seven primary schools and a college in the Roviana lagoon.
NCRA has achieved most of what it wanted to this year, says the Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Prime Minister Lilo made the statement today, during thirty-sixth Independence Celebrations at the Lawson Tama grounds in Honiara.
Sir Frank Ofagioro Kabui has taken his oath of allegiance as the seventh Governor General, since Independence in 1978. Sir Frank will serve a second term in office, following his successful election in Parliament, in early May this year.
The Prime Minister has told a regional summit that his government will restrict new logging licenses. Pacific Islands News Association reports Prime Minister Lilo made the statement during the second Oceania Leaders’ Summit in New Caledonia last week.
Solomon Islands participants at the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture continue to impress at satellite venues around Papua New Guinea. A statement from the contingent’s Media Team says – music bands, dance and panpipe groups traveled to satellite venues at Mount Hagen in the Highlands of…
Delegates to the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Port Moresby have paid special tribute to the Director of the Culture Division of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Culture and Tourism, following his death in Papua New Guinea over the weekend.
A former politician has called on the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to take drastic actions in saving the remaining cattle shipped to West Kwaio in November last year. The cattle was imported in 2012 from Vanuatu – a government effort to revive the country’s cattle industry.
The SIBC News Section wishes to apologise for the headline “Well known Gospel Singer Jailed” accompanying a story published on this website on June 26, 2014. The headline was misleading as the accused was still on trial at the time the story was first published.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the central objective of the National Coalition for Rural Advancement, NCRA, Government is to develop and implement policies and reforms to advance human and economic development for the people of Solomon Islands.
The Minister of Home Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Manasseh Maelanga reminds leaders both in the Government and Private sector – their roles are mandated by God and to Him they will be accountable.
