The Solomon Scouts and Coastwatchers Trust plans to build a War Museum and an Information Centre in the national capital, Honiara. A government statement said Chair of the Trust, Sir Bruce Saunders revealed the plan to the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare recently.
Women from East Guadalcanal who usually sell their products at the Honiara Central Market have blamed the market’s unhygienic state for being sick. The women experienced vomiting and headache after returning home from selling their produces at the market recently.
The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government is committed to ensuring the proposed United States ‘Bloody Ridge Project’ is successfully implemented.
A youth leader has called for a police post to serve the areas of West Guadalcanal. Batista John, the youth leader in Savulei community, West Guadalcanal made the call after the recent death of a man at Lambi Monday this week.
The National Government has invited all eligible consultant services to send their submissions to undertake an aquatic baseline survey to surrounding rivers connected to Metapona River System in Central Guadalcanal.
Guadalcanal Provincial Police has arrested an adult male in his 30’s from Kojuku Village in Northwest Guadalcanal. A police statement says this is in relation to the death of another male person in the region’s village of Koi Mauvo Village on Monday morning.
Canadian International Training and Education Corp (CITREC) Chairman Ashwant Dwivedi will be visiting Solomon Islands next week to advance talks and an action plan on Canada’s Labour Mobility Arrangement with the Guadalcanal Province.
The Solomon Islands Indigenous People Human Rights Advocacy Association (SIIPHRA) has defended the recent call by the Tandai Landowners Association and Guadalcanal Province for any developers of the Honiara seafront and high water marks to consult them before any development.
The Guadalcanal Provincial Government has strongly condemned the development of seafronts and high water marks within the Honiara City without approval from the authority and tribal landowners.
Community partnership is priority for the Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIPF) in Central Province this year. Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Central Province, Patricia Leta told SIBC News, community partnership is quite effective during the festive season.
The Heavy rain currently experienced in the country has caused damage to parts of the country. In Ruaniu area, north-west Guadalcanal, a rain tree has fallen on a dwelling home causing damage to the house. In Paichihi village, a strong wind has blown off a roof and rivers are all floodings.
Guadalcanal Provincial Government is filing reports on the impacts of the recent bad weather in the province. The Guadalcanal province Disaster Committee is communicating with affected communities as it compiles its assessment report.
The reopening of Avu’avu airstrip on the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal is among top priority needs for the surrounding communities. Concerned Haimarao resident Dominic Alebua says the Weather Coast people are in dire need to see Solomon Airline resume flight services to Avu’avu airstrip. Mr.
Avu’avu provincial secondary school in South Guadalcanal will jointly host an unplugged string bands recording session with the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) later this week. An SIBC touring team has left Honiara for Avu’avu school ahead of the event.
Communities of Vatukulau ward in South Guadalcanal have expressed their gratitude over the current renovation work done to their Kuma rural health clinic. The clinic serves more than ten communities in the region.
Students who have completed their courses under the Canadian International Training and Education Corp (CITREC) in Honiara will soon be sent to Canada to work under the recently signed Labour Mobility agreement between the Guadalcanal provincial government and Canadian government.
The Guadalcanal Football Association has launched its Small Kirios festival last week at Marasa School grounds, which attracted more than a hundred girls who are between the age of 11 and 12, from Titinge, Tamboko, Vulughe, Tanakuku and Marara Primary Schools.
Landowning groups of the Tina Hydro project including the Kochiabolo, Garo-Buhu and Vuraligi tribes have threatened to withdraw from involving in any future negotiations and implementation of the Tina Hydro project.
The Guadalcanal Plains Resource Development Company Limited (GPRDCL) has officially opened a joint fuel depot with the South Pacific Oil. Chair of the GPRDCL Mr Eliam Tangirongo describes this as a new investment chapter for the partnership.
An Australian indigenous leader and prominent businessman Mr Warren Mundine says Public-private partnerships on Guadalcanal’s oil palm industry is a testimony of how customary land can be used for economic development.
