The Solomon Islands contingent to the fifth Melanesian Festival of Arts has left the country for Papua New Guinea. Media Officer for the Solomon Islands Contingent, George Hermmings, told SIBC News this week the contingent left on a chartered flight yesterday.
A local tourist business operator in North Malaita, Ngenomea Kabui, has questioned the government’s tourism development priorities. This came after a recent trip to the region by Chief Executive Officer of Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau, Josefa Tuamoto, has failed to identify potential tourist…
The Government has signed an agreement with local tourism company Solomon Host and a Brisbane-based video production company, Torn Parachute, for the gateway project this week.
The Electoral Commission has announced over 2-hundred and 87-thousand registered voters are on the newly compiled Provisional Voters List – of which, almost 6-thousand were multiple registrations.
The National Disaster Management Office has given people currently residing in the two last remaining evacuation centres at Rove and FOPA until tomorrow to vacate the areas. NDMO Director, Loti Yates says the immediate deadline is due to financial challenges.
A lack of analysis and reportage of development in the mainstream media will now be covered by the Government’s new publication ‘The Nation’. Launched last night, the Nation is a 12-page magazine, printed on glossy paper.
Yearly rice imports are putting Solomon Islands at a serious food security risk level, especially when external shocks such as the increase in world food prices normally trickles down to rice importing countries.
The Government has officially launched its magazine yesterday in Honiara. Called ‘The Nation’, the 12-page edition will be a monthly publication, printed on glossy paper.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau has unveiled its plans to position the destination as a new and very alternative venue for the international MICE market.
The Head of Solomon Islands Development Trust, SIDT, Lonsdale Manedika has urged the National Government to develop a clear, long-term plan to help people still living in evacuation centres since the April floods.
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community, SPC, has recently completed a functional report on three Government Ministries to restructure their functional capacity.
Voters in the North Malaita Constituency are questioning the legitimacy surrounding early political campaigns held in the region. SIBC’s North Malaita stringer John Andrew Kiri reports this came after the voters learned that the current Parliament is yet to be dissolved and official campaign dates…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the country’s legal system is functioning well according to the RAMSI review report. Prime Minister Lilo made the statement during his opening remarks on a consultative meeting to review RAMSI report in Solomon Islands.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, John Wasi is calling on all its partners to seriously consider cultural development in Solomon Islands. Forum Solomon Islands International reports, Mr.
The Guadalcanal Provincial Government will spend a huge portion of its budget on development projects. Guadalcanal Provincial Speaker Abel Arabola said, the budget will focus mainly on development projects as it fails to qualify for the Provincial Capacity Development Fund, PCDF.
Member of Parliament for North Guadalcanal Martin Sopage donated solar panels for mothers in Matanaso community in North Guadalcanal. SIBC’s stringer Duddley Gani reports, Mr Sopage donated fourteen solar panels for mothers in Matanaso community to improve their living.
The Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, says her government will not make climate change a priority at the G20 summit in Brisbane later this year.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has officially opened the new bailey bridge in China Town. The bridge replaces the old one, destroyed during the April floods this year.
Minister for Development Planning and Aid Coordination, Connelly Sandakabatu is in Nairobi, Kenya – where he has been attending the ninety-ninth Session of the ACP Council of Ministers, and the thirty-ninth session of ACP-EU Joint Council of Ministers Meeting.
The National Government and RAMSI Officials held consultations to review the RAMSI report this morning. The consultation saw presentations of findings from an independent review team on the work, challenges and achievements of RAMSI in Solomon Islands.
