A three day Training of Trainers workshop on Nursery Management of Fruit Trees and Vegetables has started at the King George Sixth Taiwanese Technical Mission Farm in Honiara today.
Samoa hosts Solomon Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, FSM, for the first Pacific Peer Review “South-South attachments” Six senior government officials from Ministries of Finance, Planning and Budgeting from Solomon Islands and FSM are spending two week attachment with Samoa’s Ministry…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the appointment of consultants to develop the regulation and integrity standard of the newly passed Political Parties Integrity Act will be made this month.
The Isabel Community in Honiara will commemorate the Isabel 2nd Appointed Day in Honiara tomorrow. Chairlady of the Isabel Honiara Committee for the Isabel Second Appointed Day Lensa Magiza calls on Isabel people living in Honiara to join the celebration tomorrow morning at the Art Gallery grounds.
Member of Parliament for Central Guadalcanal Peter Shanel said the Road Transport Board has failed to regulate the Road Transport Act 2009. Mr Shanel made the statement during the debate on the Honiara Short Bus Route motion, which was passed last Thursday.
A former Special Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office, George Kuper has said submitting acquittals of the Constituency Development Funds is not enough. Mr Kuper told SIBC News a lot of concerns have been raise over the use and disbursement of this fund as it public money.
The Parliament has passed the Political Parties Integrity Bill 2014 late Tuesday evening. The Bill which is now an Act provides for the Registration, Administration, and Development of Political Parties.
A total of 10 Bills has been passed in the current sitting of Parliament, as of yesterday. These include the Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Bill, the Criminal Procedure Code Amendment Bill and the 2013 Supplementary Appropriation Bill.
The Parliamentary Opposition has announced its MPs are boycotting the Committee stage deliberations of the 2014 Political Parties Integrity Bill. The boycott is being blamed on the Speaker of Parliament, Sir Allan Kemakeza, whom the Opposition says is rushing through the clauses of the bill and…
The People’s Alliance Party says it is concerned over the absence of MPs at parliament meetings, as they prepare for this year’s National General Elections.
The Solomon Islands High Commission Office in Suva, Fiji has expressed gratitude for the support the Office recently received from Fiji-based organisations and individuals, and the Solomon Islands community in Suva in response to a flood appeal launched in Suva last month.
The Government says it is optimistic about passing the Political Parties Integrity Bill to finally becoming law. Pacific Islands News Association reports, the Prime minister’s director of governance Calvin Ziru said the primary objective of the bill is to improve political stability in the country.
The Solomon Islands Government and Donor Partners have concluded a two-day consultation meeting from May 21-22 that evaluates progress in the Ministry of Education’s delivery of educational services in the country.
The Attorney General of Solomon Islands Billy Titiulu says the Political Party Integrity Bill is not an anti defection law. Mr Titiulu made the comments following a question raised by the leader of Independent John Maneniaru who questioned if the Bill is constitutional.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo says the presence of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force at the Gold Ridge Mine site is important for the country. He says the police presence at the mine site will protect it for any future investors who want to invest at the site. “If in the event that we
Solomon Islands pig farmers will soon be beneficiaries of the Integrated Pig Production System Project funded by Republic of China Taiwan International Cooperation Development Fund, ICDF.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy says minimal dewatering has been done at the tailings dam in Gold Ridge Mine site. The Prime Minister made the statement in Parliament last week responding to a question raised by the leader of opposition Doctor Derek Sikua on the current situation of the tailing dam.
President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of Solomon Islands.
Transparency Solomon Islands, TSI, is calling on the Solomon Islands Government to make it illegal for anyone to buy or collect voter registration cards.
The People’s Right and Power Group has called on the Member of Parliament for Maringe Kokota constituency to make public, his Rural Constituency Development Fund spending.
