The Government has defended its plan to extend the life of this Parliament from four to five years. In a Government press conference today, Special Secretary to Prime Minister Albert Kabui says this is constitutional as provided for in the Constitution.
Detectives from National Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have interviewed the current Member of Parliament and former MP for North East Guadalcanal Constituency yesterday.
A total of 140 Solomon Islands Chinese that were affected by the November 2021 violent riots, looting and burning down of shops in Honiara have returned to settle back in China.
Sirebe Tribal Association in Sasamuga, south Choiseul has become the first conservation site in the country to receive carbon credit from carbon trading.
A Solomon Islands Academic and Lawyer Dr. Transform Aqorau is calling for the establishment of an Economic Advisory Council to provide sound and grounded analytical and policy input into the budget development process.
The Oversight Committee on COVID-19 is concerned that there are people in the Honiara Emergency Zone who are covertly sending bodies of deceased persons to the villages under cover of darkness, the government said in a statement today.
A male person from Aorigi village in Makira-Ulawa Province who went on a fishing trip on 7 February 2022 did not returned home as expected. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Makira-Ulawa Province, Superintendent Peter Sitai said Kirakira Police has been contacting communities at Santa Anna and…
Passengers and cargo vessels going out from Honiara are transporting COVID-19 to the provinces in the country. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirms that 23 people from MV Awka are positive with Covid-19. He also confirms that seven Crew members of MV Nusa Tupe were tested positive for Covid.
Fear of a probable transmission of the deadly coronavirus has emerged in Tulagi township following reports that MV Awka made a stopover and berthed at the Silent World Jetty in Tulagi when it traveled from Honiara Ontong Java.
A community action team at Malo village in Santa Cruz, Temotu Province this morning activated its Covid-19 preparedness response procedure as they are bracing themselves for a probable Covid community transmission in the far eastern island province.
Solomon Islands has experienced the largest increase of positive cases of Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. “The Ministry of Health has advised that we have diagnosed a total of 48 new cases of Covid-19 between 8am yesterday morning to 8am this morning,” Prime Minister Sogavare said in his…
Cooperation and obedience to health advice is vital to determine the extent of covid-19 transmission in Honiara as community transmission of the deadly virus is projected to increase in the city in coming days.
Honiara Emergency Zone is in lockdown for 60 hours effective 6pm this evening to 6am Saturday 22 January 2022. At its meeting, Cabinet has endorsed the lock down after an urgent Special National Address by Prime Minister Hon.
A 40-year old man allegedly took the life of his cousin brother of age 37 in Waisisi, West Are’are, Malaita province today. The alleged killing started with an argument between the first cousins this morning over land issues. A Catholic Catechist, Dickson Okamae from West Are’are told SIBC tonight.
Anxiety and depression is taking a toll on the mental health of five local students who are stuck in quarantine at a hotel in the Philippines for almost a year now.
Fourteen people are missing at sea after a boat they were travelling in failed to reach its final destination. The 14 left Gizo on Saturday 1st January 2022 destined for Shortland Islands on a ray boat powered by a 75 Outboard Motor (OBM) engine when they encountered strong winds on their way.
Solomon Islands has not been challenged only by the Covid-19 pandemic but also by the epidemic of lawlessness and criminal activities, domestic violence, rape of girls and women and disrespect for authority.
The Prime Minister has called on the Member for Aoke Langalanga to resign from his seat as Member of Parliament for Aoke Langalanga, pursuant to section 50(b) of the Constitution.
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) is calling on the general public to respect all banks and other financial institutions’ properties in Honiara.
Solomon Islands renowned artists Blad P2A of DMP and Khazin’s hit single ‘Ukulele’ has won the first place of the Djooky music awards – the world’s largest online song contest.
