Chief Electoral Officer, Polycarp Haununu says Alfred Sasako’s article that had cast doubt on the biometric voter registration exercise is “baseless” and “further from the truth”.
Flags belonging to P-N-A countries should not be used as cheap access to tuna stocks, says Finance Minister Rick Hou. Minister Hou made the statement in his key address to open the thirty-third PNA, or the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, Annual Meeting yesterday in Honiara.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has told the New Zealand Business Council, there is space to expand investments in Solomon Islands. A government statement said, Prime Minister Lilo met with the Business Council in Auckland, New Zealand as part of his state visit to the country.
North Guadalcanal voters have raised concerns and questions on how their Member of Parliament spent their constituency’s 2013 development funds. SIBC stringer Duddley Gani reports the questions and concerns were raised after receiving documents of last year’s 2013 development budget, and recurrent…
Guadalcanal remains the only province infested with the Giant African Snail after Agriculture Quarantine authorities confirmed its presence in 2007. The giant African snail population in Honiara and parts of Guadalcanal is reportedly increasing at a rapid pace and out of control.
A concerned Temotu Province man has called on the National Disaster Management Office to place full-time officers in the province. John Kiu told SIBC News today, people in the province are complaining about the lack of officers in the Temotu-based NDMO Office.
The only woman member in the Western Provincial Assembly Jane Tozaka has said as a country people need to start working on strategies towards the adoption of global development agenda beyond 2015. Mrs Tozaka made the statement yesterday during the International Women’s celebrations in Honiara.
The Government has a responsibility and an obligation to educate women, says the only woman member in the Western Provincial Assembly, Jane Tozaka. The Provincial Assembly Member made the statement in her keynote address at the International Women’s Day celebrations in Honiara today.
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has described claims by the Joint Civil Society Group that the Secretary to the Prime Minister misused public funds as “grossly irresponsible and misguided”.
The new Police Act has been enforced, beginning this month. In a statement, Police Minister Chris Laore said the gazetting of the Police Act and Police Regulations reflects the Solomon Islands Government commitment to ongoing development and modernization of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force.
An Australian urology specialist team will visit Honiara from Thursday to March 23 to provide free urological consultations and treatment for Solomon Islanders.
Landowners of Guadalcanal Plain Palm Oil Limited have called on Guadalcanal Plains Resources Development Association to pay up their outstanding bills. Paramount chief of Thibo Tribe and Land trustee of GPPOL Benedict Garimane said the Guadalcanal Resource Development Association failed to pay…
The biometric voter registration has started at almost all VRCs in the country. Scheduled to start yesterday, the registration will run for a period of forty days.
Transparency Solomon Islands says the Government needs to be more up front about its contracts, after million-dollar contracts were awarded to two MPs. The prominent MPs, Selwyn Riumana and Steve Abana, own ships that were awarded public contracts to embark on an electoral commission mission this…
A man from Small Malaita has called for the strengthening of political party system to ensure political stability. A secondary school teacher by profession, Ishmael Ou’ou said political parties were formed since Solomon Islands gained independence 30 years ago but are very weak.
The Joint Civil Society Group has acknowledged the government and the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission for their commitment to the Biometric Voter’s Registration which was open yesterday.
A local business owner has called on local business houses and responsible authorities to assist erect more sheltered bus and taxi stands along the Honiara streets.
The Meteorological Services has issued a Tropical Watch Advice for the country. Speaking to SIBC News today, Director of the MET Services, David Hiriasia says as of 9am this morning the tropical depression located between Vanuatu and Temotu area has been upgraded to a tropical cyclone.
Day one of the Bio-metric Voter Registration did not start well in other provinces and the capital. Reports reaching SIBC News says some of the voter registration centres in the country did not start due to technical problems encountered with registration computers.
Two people have filed a case at the High Court claiming the registration of three parcels of land at White River in the names of West Honiara M-P Namson Tran, Honiara City Mayor Andrew Mua and three other people was by mistake and fraud. Basil Tavake and Anna Bako filed the case last month. The
