Top fisheries officials from PNA member countries are in Honiara this week to reach agreement on two key issues – including a new platform for the Vessel Day Scheme. The officials are here for the thirty-third Annual Parties to the Nauru Agreement Officials Meeting, which ends today.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has told the New Zealand Business Council, there is space to expand investments in Solomon Islands. A government statement said, Prime Minister Lilo met with the Business Council in Auckland, New Zealand as part of his state visit to the country.
North Guadalcanal voters have raised concerns and questions on how their Member of Parliament spent their constituency’s 2013 development funds. SIBC stringer Duddley Gani reports the questions and concerns were raised after receiving documents of last year’s 2013 development budget, and recurrent…
The Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has described claims by the Joint Civil Society Group that the Secretary to the Prime Minister misused public funds as “grossly irresponsible and misguided”.
Transparency Solomon Islands says the Government needs to be more up front about its contracts, after million-dollar contracts were awarded to two MPs. The prominent MPs, Selwyn Riumana and Steve Abana, own ships that were awarded public contracts to embark on an electoral commission mission this…
A man from Small Malaita has called for the strengthening of political party system to ensure political stability. A secondary school teacher by profession, Ishmael Ou’ou said political parties were formed since Solomon Islands gained independence 30 years ago but are very weak.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has today left for a state visit to New Zealand. While in New Zealand, Prime Minister Lilo will officially open the Solomon Islands High Commission Office in Wellington.
A lawyer Mr George Gray says an important issue for the Electoral Commission to address to ensure the upcoming National General election fulfils the electoral process is cross-border voting.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo will leave Honiara tomorrow on a state visit to New Zealand. During the state visit, Prime Minister Lilo will officially open the Solomon Islands High Commission Office in Wellington.
Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Sir Allan Kemakeza has called on voters in the country to re-register during the upcoming Biometric Voters Registration program.
Admitted patients at the Good Samaritan Hospital at Tetere, North Guadalcanal are not being fed meals by the Hospital. One of the patients, Selwyn Suba an Anglican priest, admitted twice at the hospital, told SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer Dudley Gani that the government must address this issue.
Over 2-hundred solar panels are set to be distributed to three wards in North Malaita. The Ministry of Mines and Energy delivered the set of solar panels under the Japanese Tech Pacific Environment Committee fund.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has today launched the Biometric Voter Registration system in Honiara, ahead of next week’s actual registration process. Today’s launch also saw the Prime Minister in a demonstration of the different stages of registration using the new biometric system.
Former Premier of Guadalcanal Province Anthony Veke has disassociated his former government from the issues surrounding the selling of Doma Land to the Prime Minister.
High Commissioner to New Zealand, Joy Kere has formally presented her Letters of Introduction to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in Wellington, New Zealand.
A shortage of lawyers within the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs has caused lengthy delays in getting Cabinet attention for the Law Reform Commission’s reports on corruption offences and sexual offences.
The Law Reform Commission has urged the Government to provide proper and adequate mental health facilities for people with mental impairment who are detained for crimes. This is one recommendation the Commission made in its report on Mental Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Fitness to Plead.
The Law Reform Commission has today handed over its report on Mental Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Fitness to Plead to the Minister for Justice and Legal Affairs.
The Government will tomorrow receive a law reform report on Mental Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Fitness to Plead. A press statement from the Law Reform Commission today says this will be the third report from their review of the Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code the Commission…
A group of landowners and indigenous people in West Guadalcanal have expressed concern over the Prime Minister’s buying of land at Doma. Speaking on behalf of the people of Tamboko, Vatusi and Taru in Tandai ward – Chief Charles Tanda said the land was purchased without the consent of the rightful…
