Results and counting for the nationwide Provincial election is now currently underway. Western province now has new provincial members for wards 18 and 25, South Rendova and Noro respectively.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Legal affairs, Mrs. Ethel Sigimanu was awarded the “2019 Women of Courage” award last night at the Heritage Park Hotel. Established in 2007, Mrs. Sigimanu was the 12th Awardee of the US Government prestigious women’s award.
It is a sad reality that top world leaders like President Donald Trump of the United States has unsigned the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Governor General in-office, Sir Dr.
Solomon Islands has a new Governor General. He is Reverend David Vunagi, former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, and also becoming the first Governor General hailing from Isabel Province.
The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Hon. Winston Peters and his delegation has arrived in the country following the departure of Australia’s Prime Minister, Hon. Scott Morrison last yesterday. Welcoming Hon.
Honiara City Council (HCC) now has a new Mayor-elect. After the counting of votes this afternoon, City Clerk, Charles Kelly officially declared Councilor Wilson Mamae as the Mayor-elect for Honiara City.
The Newly elected Australian Prime Minister, Mr Scott Morrison has arrived in the country today, starting his first ever visit to the country and the first visit of an Australian Prime Minister in eleven years since Kevin Rudd in 2008.
A father will appear before court on Tuesday this week for allegedly raping his two daughters over the period of five years. The two girls, aged 14 and 17 are now under police protection after their father was arrested last month.
The Honiara City Council has declared winning councillors for its 11 wards. The elected councillors include Solomon Saii Leonard for Panatina ward, Luciano Sade for Vuhokesa ward, Robert Oge for Kukum ward, Reginald Ngati for Vura ward and Clement Terewauri for Mataniko ward.
Solomon Islands very own Jeremy Saeni, known by his stage-name ‘Jaro Local’ has won the “Best International Pacific Artist” with his hit song ‘Daki Ni Tangarareh’ at the Pacific Music Awards in New Zealand.
The Hight Court has today ruled that the Civil Case number 244 between Hon. Matthew Wale and the Governor General and others be struck out. Counsel for the Prime Minister and OUR Party have filed an interim application seeking to have the judicial review claim struck out, pursuant to Rule 9.75 of…
The Ministry of health and medical services has launched the new Human papilloma virus in Honiara today in a bid to battle cervical cancer in the country.
The Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) Education Authority will soon ban the sale of all sugary and oily foods from its schools in the country. ACOM Education Secretary, Desmond Waita confirmed, the move was to cut down on the ever increasing trend of non-communicable diseases in the country.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force is calling on the Honiara public to respect the rule of law on the outcome of the civil case action between Hon. Mathew Wale and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and OUR Party. The civil case number 238 of 2019, will continue at the High Court on a later date.
The first meeting of the 11th Parliament is set for Wednesday this week, confirms the Office of the Clerk to the National Parliament. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare sets the date for the first meeting.
Solomon Islands national team coach, Wim Rijsbergen has indicated his interest of calling up Raphael Le’ai into the national team for the Netherlands camp this month. The Dutchman had a brief stay in the country to select his 23 travelling squad before leaving on Tuesday back to the Netherlands.
Logging activity at the Kongulai upstream area has sparked investigations by Solomon Water. A statement from the State-Owned Enterprise said this followed reports from inspections carried out on site that revealed possible sources of turbidity at the Kongulai Water Source are due to current logging…
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) are investigating the death of two people in separate incidents in Honiara over the weekend. RSIPF Assistant Commissioner (AC) Crime and Intelligence, Ian Vaevaso said, the Police Operation Centre received two reports on the deaths during…
The High Court has further adjourned the Civil case number 238 of 2019 between Hon. Matthew Wale and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to 17 May 2019. The case was listed for mention and direction before Chief Justice Sir Albert Palmer. In court today, Hon.
The Parliamentary Entitlement Commission (PEC) has expressed disappointment over non-factual information carried by the local print media over the misrepresentation of salaries of Members of Parliament this week.
