A Regional workshop on Core Agent Network Accelerators has been officially opened in Honiara today. Representatives of participating banks and mobile network operators in the region converged for the workshop.
Australian Sea Princess has left yesterday after its one day visit to the Solomon Islands. Carrying 1,983 passengers and about 850 crew members, Sea Princess arrived in the country yesterday.
The Honiara City Council is putting out vacancies to recruit new market staff including a new market master. The previous market master and most workers contracted to look after and manage the Honiara Central Market retired late last year.
Authorities of the National Blood Bank at the National Referral Hospital have acknowledged that the current set up of the country’s national blood programme is inadequate and ineffective.
A north Malaita man has called on Solomon Islanders to change their attitude, character and behaivour towards keeping the Honiara City clean. A Jack Ogofura from Bita’ama told SIBC News, the reason why there is so much rubbish in Honiara City is because people have a careless attitude.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has discouraged parents against the use of herbal medicine to treat diarrhoea in children. Deputy Director of Health Promotions, Adrian Leamana made the call recently.
The country’s Pure Food (Food Control) Regulation is not being enforced effectively. Chief Inspector of the Honiara City Council’s Health promotion Division, George Titiulu said this is why shops in the country are flooded with expired products and having no proper labeling and packaging.
Honiara City Council (HCC) Clerk Charles Kelly says the Council is always prepared for the arrival of tourist boats into the capital. Clerk Charles Kelly was responding to a statement by the Head of the Solomon Islands Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Advocacy Association (SIIPHRAA) that the dirty…
A new poultry and piggery feed supplier will open tomorrow in Honiara. Located at the Naha junction just opposite the Kobito bus stop, the shop will start selling poultry feed as of tomorrow. Shop owner Charles Dausabea told SIBC News, bags of chicken feed would be a little over $100.
The Health Promotion Division of the Honiara City Council is currently working with stakeholders to dispose of expired goods in the Honiara shops. Chief Health Inspector, George Titiulu told SIBC News the division has received a large number of reports about expired goods sold in the Honiara shops.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services is conducting audit investigations into the death of 17 infants who reportedly died following the diarrhoea outbreak in the country. Chairman of the Health Emergency Operations Committee, Dr Chris Becha confirmed in a media conference today.
The Honiara City Council (HCC) by-election for Vuhokesa, ward six will be held on 2 March this year. This was after the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Manasseh Maelanga approved and gazetted the date under regulation six of the Honiara City Council Elections Regulations 1999.
Police have arrested a fourth suspect in relation to the recent robbery incident in front of the former Westpac Bank, now Bank South Pacific in Honiara. Commissioner of Police Frank Prendergast confirmed Police arrested the fourth suspect Wednesday evening.
Police in Honiara have arrested three adult male suspects in relation to the alleged robbery incident at the BSP Bank, formerly known as the Westpac Bank Monday this week.
While the issue of the $3 million payout to the ex-combatants is heavily criticized by the public, a Honiara man has acknowledged Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and his Cabinet ministers for the initiative.
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.
Three Asian men were attacked in Honiara after 9 am this morning in front of the former Westpac Bank now turned Bank South Pacific, by four armed and mask men. An eye witness, Nelson Gege told SIBC News the Asian men were on their way to the bank when a taxi stopped in front of
Licensed firearm owners in North Malaita are calling on the national government to at least compensate them for their licensed properties destroyed in 2003.
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.
