Forum Economic Ministers can make a significant difference to address non-communicable diseases in the Pacific, says Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Forum Economic Ministers and Pacific Health Ministers this week, committed to taking proactive actions against the growing health and economic…
The Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture will return to Solomon Islands in 2018. This is after Solomon Islands won the bid to host the next Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture. Solomon Islands hosted the inaugural Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in 1998.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has officially launched the re-branding of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, today. SIBC’s re-branding includes the new presentation format of ‘Unified Voice’ and a new and more personalized slogan: ‘You, Me SIBC’.
The four core tribes of Tina Hydro Project have signed a Process Agreement with the Government. A statement from the Tina Hydro Project office said the tribes have given consent for the next project phase – which is for the acquisition process to proceed through as provided under the Lands and…
Sponsors for the Inaugural Our Telekom Solomon Islands High School Choral Festival have promised to support the event again next year. The final show last night was attended by Businesses, Government and Community leaders.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has told regional Finance and Economic Ministers, “strengthening economic linkages is relevant and pressing”. The 2014 Forum Economic Ministers Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum officially opened in Honiara this morning, and this is its eighteenth meet.
A Pacific Islands Forum team that recently reviewed developments in Solomon Islands has noted positive outcomes in a number of Government processes and systems.
Permanent Secretary for Police, Edmond Sikua says the Government’s plan to re-introduce arms into the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force is appropriate with RAMSI’s transition.
The government has commissioned another two Ambassadors at the Government House today. They are Moses Kouni Mose, who will be the Solomon Islands Ambassador to Belgium and Salana Kalu, the new Solomon Islands Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says Solomon Islanders must take time to reflect on what they have done or can do to build the platform for others to rise.
The Prime Minister has sent a strong warning to people who registered more than once in the recent Biometric Voters Registration system – saying, they will be caught. The recent voters registration exercise found as many as 5,000 multiple registrations.
Solomon Islands is the first country in the world to receive approval to trade timber products to Australia under new timber legality guidelines. The Ministry of Forestry and the Australian High Commission announced jointly today that Solomon Islands had received approval from Australia for…
The Government will commission another two Ambassadors tomorrow. They are Moses Kouni Mose and Salana Kalu. Mr Mose was previously Solomon Islands Ambassador in Fiji, and also in Geneva, Switzerland. He will be Solomon Islands Ambassador to Belgium.
Work has begun on the Tatamba Wharf upgrade and rehabilitation. Tatamba, a wharf on the eastern end of Santa Isabel, is one of four wharves to be improved under the second phase of the Domestic Maritime Support Project.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the 2014 Trade Expo is a testimony of the government’s seriousness to develop and promote Small and Medium Enterprises in the country.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has received 5-million dollars from Taiwan yesterday. The funds are for Kilu’ufi Hospital in Malaita and Helena Goldie Hospital in Western Province.
NCRA has achieved most of what it wanted to this year, says the Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo. Prime Minister Lilo made the statement today, during thirty-sixth Independence Celebrations at the Lawson Tama grounds in Honiara.
Sir Frank Ofagioro Kabui has taken his oath of allegiance as the seventh Governor General, since Independence in 1978. Sir Frank will serve a second term in office, following his successful election in Parliament, in early May this year.
The Prime Minister has told a regional summit that his government will restrict new logging licenses. Pacific Islands News Association reports Prime Minister Lilo made the statement during the second Oceania Leaders’ Summit in New Caledonia last week.
Delegates to the 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Port Moresby have paid special tribute to the Director of the Culture Division of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Culture and Tourism, following his death in Papua New Guinea over the weekend.
