The Honiara Table Tennis Double Open Competition was successfully completed over the weekend at the Multi-Purpose Hall. A report from the Honiara Table tennis confirms, a total of seven (7) teams registered in the five days event. Mr. Polin Yang and Salvin Cypress won the double open competition.
Health Minister Dr. Tautai Angikimua Kaitu’u has assured Solomon Islanders, the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government intends to improve health facilities in Honiara and the provinces.
Fiji’s Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho leaves the country today after a one-day visit to the capital. Commissioner Qiliho met with Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast, Minister of Police, National Security and Correctional Services and Members of the Participating Police Force (PPF) during…
In Sports, doping tests will be introduced during this year’s Solomon Games. The Solomon Game Secretariat says blood samples will be taken from athletes and tests will be conducted by experts in line with the International Testing and investigations accepted by the International Olympic Committee.
The freestyle dance culture has negatively influenced youths’ lifestyle and the Honiara City Council must be partly blamed for promoting it, claims a parent. The Honiara parent says she has watched youths involve more in freestyle activities than spending time indoors and on school work.
The Honiara City Council (HCC) will conduct a thorough business license check on all business houses in the city. The Honiara City Council says the decision follows an unauthorised individual found issuing council business licenses to businesses operating within Honiara City boundary without the…
The Anglican Church of Melanesia ACOM has a new Archbishop. He is the Right Reverend George Takeli, hailed from Ulawa Island in the Makira Ulawa Province. Reverend Takeli was enthroned as the new Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia at the Saint Barnabas Cathedral in Honiara this morning.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development Henry Murray says the deteriorating road in Honiara happens because it was originally designed not to cater for heavy traffic congestion. Speaking to SIBC’s “Distaem Nao” Program, Mr.
The country expects fine weather towards the weekend, the Solomon Islands Meteorological Services (SIMS) reports. Met Service Deputy Director, Lloyd Tahani confirms, a trough still lies over the country but the weather is expected to improve towards the end of the week.
A former senior plant operator who served under the Roads and Bridges Division of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Utility since the 1980s wants the Ministry of Infrastructure Development to pay more attention to feeder roads outside of Honiara.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) Community Policing Department is providing security education program for sick patients at the National Referral Hospital. This is part of a joint security operation between the RSIPF and staff of the hospital.
Victims of the 2014 flash flooding who were relocated to the newly established April Valley in East Honiara have remembered their family members who lost their lives during the disaster. The community commemorated the remembrance event with prayers and feasting.
Tropicana Motel is the first company to offer financial support towards the hosting of the 2016 Solomon Games. The sports event is scheduled in Honiara between July 1st and 15th.
A former Senior Road Machine Operator under the Roads and Bridges section of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Utility is gravely concerned over what he describes as ‘very poor road maintenance’ in Honiara.
At least two police officers were injured and four vehicles were damaged during two major incidents involving rock throwing on police vehicles over the Easter weekend. The two incident occurred at Borderline area and Karaina settlement at White River.
A former MP and member of the Solomon Islands Ports Authority board Mr. Y. Sato has advised SIPA to implement its reforms not in bulk but bit-by-bit. The businessman says while he supports the SIPA initiative, reform programs must not be rapid because the customers are the ones paying the ultimate…
The final pool games of the tenth annual Solomon Islands volleyball championship take place today at Town Ground, Honiara. The games were supposed to kick off at 3pm. The quarter finals are scheduled for tomorrow at the Multipurpose hall.
Honiara City Council (HCC) has called on all city dwellers to actively submit their complaints about HCC’s poor service delivery to its Law Enforcement Division. A recent HCC statement says this is crucial to enable the City Council improve its service delivery to the people it must serve.
Solomon Islands security, through the Honiara International seaport, is now at its lowest. This is from an assessment by a former Solomon Islands Ports Authority Chief Security Officer, Patterson Ashley Hangaio.
The National Referral Hospital (NRH) confirms, improving the hospital’s morgue is a top priority. The Ministry of Health and Medical Services says the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) has previously committed to procure and deliver a number of infrastructure, maintenance and expansion…
