Biosecurity Solomon Islands is introducing two virus to tackle the Coconut Rhinoceros beetle epidemic severely damaging the coconuts around the country.
Former Guadalcanal Premier Stephen Panga will stand trial at the Central Magistrate Court on September 10th. Mr Panga is charged with one count of abuse of office. A new trial date was suggested but Deputy Magistrate Ricky Iomea said the September date must be maintained.
Guadalcanal province has marked the 2018 National Tooth Brushing Day at Numbu community in North-East Guadalcanal. The program was held in collaboration with Colgate Pacific, where over a thousand free toothpaste and toothbrushes were handed out to children and other community members who took part…
Police have arrested and charged a 23-year-old male for an alleged rape incident that occurred Monday this week. A Police Media statement said the incident happened at Lungga, East Honiara where the victim was a 20-year-old female.
Member of Parliament for East Central Guadalcanal Constituency Honorable Ishmael Avui has been sworn in as the new Minister for Home Affairs this afternoon. Mr Avui replaces former Minister and Member of Parliament for Temotu Nende Constituency Hon Commins Mewa.
Poverty in Solomon Islands is defined in terms of the minimum expenditure required of a person to meet the 22 calories energy intake based on food and non-food items. Advisor to the National Statistics Office, William Lahari told SIBC News in an exclusive interview.
Are you feeling tired, overworked and need a place where you can breathe fresh oxygen and hug a tree? Well maybe not literally. But there is a place where you can gaze upon as many trees as you want. The Memorial Garden next to the Hendersen International airport is the first place you will notice
The first ever Solomon Islands Poverty Maps have indicated there are significant pockets of poverty across the central part of Solomon Islands. Small-area estimates suggested that wards in Honiara City have above average rates of poverty, with the Naha and Vohukesa wards identified as having the…
World War Two records kept at the National Archives of Solomon Islands have been inscribed in the Memory of the World for Asia and Pacific register. Set up in 1998, Memory of the World for Asia and the Pacific register is the regional forum for UNESCO’s global memory of the world programme.
The government through the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration has issued a notice to all registered foreign investors today. The notice informed all foreign investors within Honiara City that the After-Care Services Unit staff from the Ministry will carry out site visits to all…
A new body called the Alcoholic Anonymous Program has taken the challenge to combat alcohol abuse in the country. Public Information Coordinator Philomina Letakoro says the program with bases in Honiara, Auki and Malu’u in Malaita Province aims to extend its services to all provinces across the…
Barana Community in North-West Guadalcanal today marked the annual ‘World Environment day’. This is the first time the event is held outside the capital city with rural people, also marking the progress of the proposed ‘Barana nature park to be completed next year.
Police in Guadalcanal Province are investigating the death of a 50 year-old man at Kaio Village, Tasimboko area of North-East Guadalcanal. The body of the deceased had been transported by police to the National Referral Hospital for a post mortem.
Australia has made a second 8-million Australian dollars tranche payment towards the Tina River Hydro Project. A statement from the Australian High Commission office in Honiara said this follows successful negotiations in Sydney in late April 2018 between the Solomon Islands Government, Solomon…
Preparations are underway for the opening of a new ‘nature park’ at Barana Village in Northwest Guadalcanal next year. The new park will be funded by the ‘Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme’ in collaboration with landowning tribes of Barana.
Guadalcanal Police have discovered alleged body parts of a young boy reported to have been attacked by a crocodile, during a search conducted yesterday at Singe village, North East Guadalcanal.
Pit occupants at the Gold Ridge Mining site have signed a legal Agreement to move out from the Mining Pit today. The Chupu ceremony today help at the Gold Ridge Mining Limited’s Pit four, involving Government officials from Mines Ministry, Environment Ministry, Wanguo International Mining Group,…
History will once again be written in Canada as the final touches on an accord to be called the ‘Remittances Accord’ piloted for the province of Guadalcanal will have spill over economic benefits for the Country.
Henderson Police Officers and members of the public at Lungga area, Honiara City’s eastern periphery are searching for a missing Asian male who went missing around the Lungga River area since Sunday evening.
Solomon Islands nationals travelling to Canada as part of the Foreign workers program or migrating under Permanent Residence nomination program from Guadalcanal Province, will benefit from a new partnership arrangement with Air Canada.
