Honiara and KiraKira Police are investigating a murder incident following the death of an adult person last Monday. The investigation comes after the death of a man and subsequent escape of the accused to his home village at Makira Ulawa province.
The Guadalcanal Province’s former deputy premier and Minister of Lands Mr John Nano has dismissed allegations that Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo had applied for a plot of land at Ndoma area ear marked for the Guadalcanal Mini Township.
The Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer and three other Judges are currently attending the 21st Pacific Judicial Development Conference in Auckland New Zealand. Acting High Court Registrar Maiyoni Samani confirmed the Judges left the country last week.
Today marks the official commencement of the Biometric Voter Registration process. The registration process will take 40 days ending April 18th. An earlier assurance from the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, SIEC, says work was on schedule to meet the 10th March Biometric Voter Registration…
As the new Biometric Voter Registration system opens in Solomon Islands today, a former MP has called on the international community to help protect the integrity of the new system.
The joint Civil Society and Concern Citizens Group, JCSG and CC, is calling on the international donor community and foreign governments to impose a ” freeze on general aid,” direct budget support to the Solomon Islands Government.
Local teak tree farmers at the Guadalcanal plains are calling on the Member of Parliament for North Guadalcanal to explain how he spent his constituency’s reforestation program funds for last year. The farmers made the call after missing out on the reforestation funds last year.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has today left for a state visit to New Zealand. While in New Zealand, Prime Minister Lilo will officially open the Solomon Islands High Commission Office in Wellington.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, MECDM through the Environment and Conservation Division and partners are implementing a national project to clean and rehabilitate the Mataniko River.
The Joint Civil Society and Concerned Citizens Group, is urging all eligible voters to register and participate in the coming general elections. Interim Chairperson of the group Barnabas Henson said the general election is an important democratic process that must be treated with respect and…
Women of ward 15 in Munda Western Province have officially opened their new market facility building at the Helena Goldie Hospital on Friday. Officiating the handing over, Western’s Provincial Minister of State Jane Tozaka said the project is a fine example of service to the people within the…
A lawyer Mr George Gray says an important issue for the Electoral Commission to address to ensure the upcoming National General election fulfils the electoral process is cross-border voting.
A local farmer who regularly supplies fruits, root crops and fish to the National Referral Hospital in Honiara has called on responsible authorities to formulate a quick and efficient way of payment for suppliers like him.
The Chairperson of the Russell Islands Lavukal Trust Board has described a recent media report which claimed the board has signed an agreement with RIPEL, as “false”.
A Solomon Islands Masters in Climate Change student at The University of the South Pacific’s Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, PACE-SD, has recently completed a nine months research stint at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colorado, United States…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo will leave Honiara tomorrow on a state visit to New Zealand. During the state visit, Prime Minister Lilo will officially open the Solomon Islands High Commission Office in Wellington.
Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Sir Allan Kemakeza has called on voters in the country to re-register during the upcoming Biometric Voters Registration program.
Another financial scheme promising millions of dollars in return for peoples investments has emerged in Temotu Province, and the Financial Intelligence Unit is warning people against it, saying it is ponzi scheme.
Former teacher and outspoken SINTA industrial relations officer, Samson Faisi is the new Secretary General of the National Teachers Association. SINTA has been without a Secretary General since John Lee Hatimoana became a Member of Parliament following his by-election victory in Ngella last year.
Vehicle owners and drivers in West Guadalcanal are concerned of overcrowdedness issues at the Savo Market in the White River, West Honiara. SIBC News stringer for West Guadalcanal John Toki reports, vehicle owners said people and betel nut markets are overcrowding the area and the close proximity…
