About 82 percent of all employees of the government have taken their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Presenting a report by the Oversight Committee (OSC) during his COVID-19 Nationwide address today, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the Ministry of Public Service is still compiling the data…
A recent report presented to Cabinet by the Oversight Committee says part of the remaining 18 percent of public servants who haven’t taken their vaccine based their reasons on religious conviction and beliefs.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare today announced that by 31st October 2021, any employee of the national and provincial governments and SOEs that still chooses to not be vaccinated shall have a 50 percent cut in salaries and will not be allowed to go to their workplaces.
Leader of Opposition and MP for Aoke Langalanga, Matthew Wale says Elijah Asilaua’s comments in SIBC’s recent interview is insinuating Opposition’s involvement in the current Malaita provincial government political stand-off. “I am deeply disappointed with the comments made by Hon.
Political Advisor of the Premier of Malaita Province Celsus Talifilu says Hon Elijah Asilaua’s accusations are misleading and baseless. In an interview with SIBC News yesterday, Asilaua termed Mr Talifilu as an ‘illegal advisor’ of the Premier of Malaita Province.
A Motion of No Confidence to oust embattled Malaita premier Daniel Suidani has been set for early next month, October 2021. The Malaita Non-Executive Group (NEG) told SIBC News in an exclusive interview yesterday that they no longer have trust and confidence in Premier Suidani.
Embattled Premier of Malaita Province Daniel Suidani and his Malaita Alliance for Rural Advancement (MARA) Government are losing an additional three provincial members this afternoon.
AUD5.2 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF GOLD ILLEGAL DEAL Nearly 80 Kilograms of gold worth around AUD 5.2 million (SBD30 million) dollars has been exported out from the Solomon Islands by Asians through local gold dealers license, Primo Kenny and Jeremy Rex of Guadalcanal.
A first group of 160 workers have left the country early this morning to work in Queensland, Australia under the Seasonal Work Program (SWP) and the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS). The first group left the country at around 7am early this morning travelling by Solomon Airlines.
Solomon Islands is expected to receive more than one hundred thousand doses of Pfizer vaccine in November this year from the COVAX Facility. This is following the government through the National Therapeutic Committed approval of the vaccines.
A weeklong National education conference opens at Gizo, Western Province today. The education conference brings together heads of education authorities in the country to discuss ways forward for education in the country.
As the country’s fight against the covid-19 pandemic takes center stage domestically and globally, the battle for influence and power in the Pacific region between the United States, its allies, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is slowly intensifying as China begins to put assertive…
Leader of the Opposition Matthew Wale calls on the government to publish the list of beneficiaries under the National Development Fund (NDF) for the years 2019 and 2020.
The National Development Fund (NDF) will only be used for development projects upon application. The government made this clarification after the Leader of Opposition Wale claimed that the Prime Minister’s $200,000 NDF is not for development but for political expediency.
As the clock is ticking towards the expiry date of COVID-19 first dose of vaccine for public servants at midnight tonight, the Solomon Islands Public Employees Union (SIPEU) will be conducting an assessment on public servants in the coming days.
Health teams will be deployed around communities in Honiara to do contact tracing simulation activities during the 36 hour lockdown. National Health Emergency Operation Centre (NHEOC) Incident Controller Dr Nemia Bainivalu said this are part of the simulation exercise during the lockdown to test…
The government caucus has approved a SBD7.8 million for 39 constituencies from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) CDF assistance. A Caucus minute signed by the Prime Minister, SIBC News sighted states the fund is the remaining balance of PRC CDF assistance for the 2020 fiscal year.
The Tandai House of Chiefs wants all companies and business houses operating along the Honiara seafront to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with them to qualify them to develop seafronts.
The government will be spending around 1.8-million dollars in operational costs for the lockdown approved to be enforced from 6 pm on Sunday the 29th to 6 am on Tuesday the 31st of August 2021. The figure was announced at a media conference today.
Four local citizens who had been stranded in Papua New Guinea have entered the country last Friday without the government’s approval. The four locals were the dependents of the late Solomon Islands High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, the late Barnabas Anga.
