Foreign Affairs Minister Clay Forau says one of the tourism components that needs immediate attention is the construction of a Crafts Centre. The Minister made the remarks during the launching of the Ministry’s new website and enhanced integrated framework tourism project in Honiara on Friday.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has thanked Honiara residents for participating in the food security and market survey. Agriculture Extension Services Director, Michael Ho’ota said the survey is part of the ministry’s role to combat nutrition related illnesses or non-communicable…
Member of Parliament for South Guadalcanal David Dei Pacha will stand a full trial again on charges of conversion and abuse of office on the 14th of April. The Magistrates Court set his trial date this morning.
The police prosecution plans to oppose the bail application of an eighty-year-old grandfather from Isabel Province in custody for indecently assaulting his fourteen year old granddaughter last year.
Guadalcanal Premier Stephen Panga described the alleged payments of shipping grants to Bradley Tovosia MP for East Guadalcanal and Joseph Onika MP for East Central Guadalcanal as corrupt and reaping off public funds.
The Forum Solomon Islands International, FSII, applauds the national government for seeing it fit to ensure all students with high GPA’s are given the opportunity to further their studies in regional universities.
Parents in North Malaita are raising concerns over the involvement of teachers within the region in the upcoming voter registration programme, saying it will have adverse effects on their children’s education.
The Solomon Islands Meteorological Services plans to expand its current observation network to collect more meteorological data around the country. Director of Meteorological Services David Hiriasia said this is important to ensure data are collected from remote areas during weather observations.
Guadalcanal Premier Stephen Panga has condemned the National Government’s plans to expand Honiara city vertically saying it is contradicting its own decentralisation policy to develop the provincial centres.
Visitors spend an average of 1-Thousand 400-hundred dollars per night and an average of 15 days in Solomon Islands. Reports say the total number of visitors into Solomon Islands was 23- Thousand in 2013.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, MFAET, has launched its new website to enhance online access to information about its functions and services.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has praised the Ministry of Home Affairs for taking responsibility to improve lives through a new civil registration system.
Two of the nation’s most senior government-owned schools will soon become independent secondary schools. A government statement yesterday said Minister for Education and Human Resources Development Dick Ha’amori is in the process of establishing Waimapuru and King George VI National Secondary…
Former legal advisor to Transparency Solomon Islands, Shepherd Lapo has been sworn in as a principal magistrate. Mr Lapo, most recently worked as legal advisor to the corruption watch-dog organization but is not a new face in the judicial workforce.
Permanent Secretary for Environment and Climate Change, Melchoir Mataki says the Ministry needs technical training for its staffs. Mr Mataki made the statement during the graduation of the Ministry’s four new technicians, yesterday.
Civil Society Organizations convened a Forum in Honiara recently to discuss and plan their activities for this year’s General Elections. The 2014 C-S-O Forum was held at CYP in Honiara last week.
Almost 5-hundred students have been terminated and suspended of their government scholarships due to poor academic performance. The Government has also rejected applications for extensions this year, saying students who need extra semesters to complete their program of study will have to pay their…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo is the first to be issued with the driving licence produced by Inland Revenue’s new Transport Management System. The issuance of the licence was made by the Deputy Principal Licensing Officer, George Tapo, who was accompanied by Acting New Zealand High Commissioner…
The Ministry of Home Affairs in Partnership with the United Nation’s Children’s Fund,UNICEF, have launched the country’s newly established Electronic Civil Registration System today in Honiara. Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo officially launched the Electronic Civil Registration System.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today marks two important milestone achievements- the launching of its website and the launching of the enhanced integrated framework tourism project to kick start its implementation phase.
