The Permanent Secretary for Culture and Tourism, John Wasi has called on school children and young people in Solomon Islands to give attention to national museums and learn about the country.
The Special Representative of the United Nations General-Secretary on Violence Against Children Ms Marta Santos Pais has said it is now time UN scale up its work in Solomon Islands. Ms Santos Pais made the remark last week during a three days visit to the country.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has praised the Family Protection Act saying the Act has made major inroads to addressing the issue of violence against children in a family setting.
Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast has discussed ways to better combat family violence and violence against children in Solomon Islands with the visiting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children. The Police Commissioner met with Marta Santos Pais yesterday.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described child abuse and economic exploitation of children as “a real occurrence in Solomon Islands” and says urgent action is needed to prevent children from being subjected to these conditions.
The Minister for Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs says access to basic services for rural women, youth, children and families continue to be an area of concern for Solomon Islands. Jimson Tanagada made the statement during the launching of his Ministry’s new Website last week.
The Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs has officially launched its newly established website. The website is to ensure the Ministry is visible in providing information globally.
In Sports, the ‘Pikinini Get Into Rugby’ program will continue this Saturday at the Rove Police ground. A statement from the Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation says the program has attracted more than 50 kids in and around Honiara since last year.
The Solomon Islands Rugby Union Federation (SIRUF) has announced it is conducting a Pikinini Get Into Rugby program will be staged this weekend. A media release from the Federation says the event will be held at Rove Playing Field from 8 am to 9.30 am on Saturday.
Healthy children will produce a productive future for Solomon Islands. The Director of Reproductive and Child Health Dr Divinald Ogaoga made the statement during the launch of the new Pneumococcal vaccine, to protect pneumonia and meningitis in children.
Measles cases have dramatically declined in the Solomon Islands. A statement from the Ministry of Health and Medical Services yesterday said this follows a successful administration of 400,000 doses of measles-rubella (MR) vaccines by the ministry in response to the recent measles outbreak in the…
A new drug to fight against pneumonia and meningitis in children has been launched today. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services introduced the new Pneumococcal vaccine – a historic achievement for young children in Solomon Islands.
The Solomon Islands and Australian governments have officially opened the newly refurbished post-natal ward at the National Referral Hospital today. It was officially opened by the Minister of Health and Medical Services Hon.
Honiara City Health Promotion Department has today handed over a Bill Board to Mount Horeb School in East Honiara. Chief Health Promotion Officer, HCC Health Promotion Department, Oliver Oli says the billboard hand over to the school Principal this morning is part of a project that HCC Health…
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development has conducted a literacy training for Guadalcanal province teachers at Marara Community High School. The training is a follow up after the Solomon Islands Standardised Test of Achievements(SISTA) has been carried out in the past years.
Solomon Islands Paediatrician Dr James Auto says the machines handed over to the National Referral Hospital last Friday is part of UNICEF’s wider program with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services support to women and newborn babies in Solomon Islands.
A concerned Honiara mother says she is disappointed with the manner in which the Honiara City Council’s Law Enforcement Division handle kids at the Central Market.
More than 200 children from the Solomon Islands Football Federation’s Just Play program and primary schools around Honiara and Guadalcanal province have celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by engaging in the country’s popular game, soccer.
Children are important to nation building and must be valued, says the Minister for Youth, Women and Children Affairs in the Western Province. Carlos Kisina made the statement today, during celebrations to mark the International Children’s Day in the provincial capital, Gizo.
A two-day rapid assessment and strategies workshop to end child labour in Solomon Islands was successfully completed in Honiara this afternoon. Attended by stakeholders from Government agencies and civil society, the workshop was led by the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor,…
