A 60-meter litter boom to trap marine debris and wastes will be installed across the Mataniko river in Honiara tomorrow. The litter boom is part of a pilot project from the Ministry of Environment in Collaboration with the Secretariat of the PacificRegional Environment Program SPREP to analyse and…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) will continue tomonitor the liquor ban currently imposed throughout the country as theMelanesian Spearhead Group summit continues today.
A two days music festival in support of West Papua’s application to join the MSG has been staged over the weekend in Honiara. Organised by the Solomon Islands Solidarity Group for West Papua, the musical feast has attracted 20 local artists, cultural dancers and thousands of spectators.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has launched a major security operation to coincide with the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ Summit here in Honiara. Corresponding to the MSG security operation, the RSIPF has enforced a Liquor Ban.
A new resolution by the Lands Board has ordered the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey not to accept any more applications for land. Commissioner of Lands Nelson Naoapu says the Ministry will no longer accept land applications until the Land Board decides otherwise.
The Ministry of Lands will soon allocate plots at April Ridge to victims of the April floods. A total of 268 plots is available on April Ridge. In an interview with SIBC News this week, the Commissioner of Lands Nelson Naoapu confirmed the Land Board will allocate the plots.
Forty-four rural producers in Guadalcanal have joined forces to discuss ways to better involve themselves in the newly formed Honiara Central Market Vendors Association as part of the UN Women Markets for Change project.
More than 200 people took part in a peaceful rally this morning to display Solomon Islands support towards West Papua’s application to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Led by the Solomon Islands Solidarity Group, the rally gathered local and international devotees of West Papua.
The official meeting of the 20th Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders summit has started in Honiara yesterday. Opening the chain of meetings are senior MSG officials.
The Solomon Islands Chambers of Commerce and Industries (SICCI) has described the seventh Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum held inHoniara this week as “very successful”. SICCI Chairperson Tony Koraua said the two-day forum was a great success and a historic event.
The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government has announced it will endorse West Papua to be an observer of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The announcement comes ahead of next week’s MSG Leaders Summit in Honiara.
Top political leaders and government officials from Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu have arrived in Honiara ahead of the 20th Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit, which begins in the capital tomorrow.
A former Prime Minister wants Solomon Islands to be determined to take the problems of West Papua to the United Nations under the Commission for Colonisation.
Solomon Islands Red Cross Society urges active involvement from Solomon Islanders in its voluntary blood donation program. The was the message stressed by president of the Solomon Islands Red Cross Society, Charles Kelly during the World Blood Donor Day yesterday.
A West Honiara voter says the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government must quickly gazette the Constituency Development Fund Regulations. Charles Lesimaoma made the call today in an interview with SIBC News.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has described the seventh Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum, which begins in Honiara tomorrow, as a crucial and exciting event for Solomon Islands.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has today commemorated the World Blood Donor Day in Honiara. This year’s theme is “Thank you for saving my life” and focuses on thanking blood donors who save lives every day through their blood donations.
Over a hundred constituency development officers, constituency accountants and project officers are undergoing an induction workshop in Honiara. Each of the fifty constituencies in the country have one constituency development officer, one constituency accountant and one constituency project…
The Honiara City Council is currently leading a waste characterisation survey in Honiara. The survey began last Monday and is supported by the J-PRISM and JICA Project, and the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services and its partners will commemorate World Blood Donor Day in Honiara tomorrow. World Blood Donor Day is annually commemorated on June 14th. This year’s theme is “Thank you for saving my life”.
