The Central Market will re-open tomorrow after its closure during the Easter break. Honiara City Council Clerk Charles Kelly told SIBC News the Executive Council made a decision to re-open the market in a meeting yesterday.
The Easter High school rugby Sevens tournament came to an end yesterday with Panatina community high school snatching the senior category top prize and White River grabbing the junior category first prize.
The National debt now stands at only 11 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, says Finance Minister Snyder Rini. This is a total of $850.8 million in both domestic and overseas debt. Minister Rini announced the country’s debt situation in Parliament on Monday.
The Court of Appeal has began its sitting for 2015 at the High Court in Honiara today. Five criminal and eight civil cases are listed for the sitting throughout the week. A direction hearing for Sumitomo’s appeal against Axiom KB is also included in the sitting.
The Rugby Plus group will once again be touring Honiara from the 18th to the 23rd of this month. The team is led by the Fijian-born ex-Wallaby player Illi Tabua and during their stay in the Solomon Islands, they will be conducting rugby coaching clinics plus doing school visits and general…
The Leader of the Parliamentary Independent Group, Manasseh Maelanga said once the 2015 budget is passed, clean execution of the development aspirations of the people must be realized. Mr. Maelanga made the statement when commenting on the 2015 budget in parliament on Wednesday.
Pressure group, the Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) has called on the government to set up a mechanism to ensure there is transparency in the road maintenance projects for the provinces.
The Honiara Central Market will close for an indefinite period as of today. A media statement from the HCC media unit says the reason behind the closure is to give time for major improvements to be carried out.
Chairman of the Law Enforcement Division of Honiara City Council has thanked the public for their good behaviour over the Easter period. A statement from the HCC media department reports, the Councillor, Mr.
Damage caused to police assets can slow police responses to reported incidents, said the Deputy Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga recently. Speaking to the local media last Thursday, Mrs. Matanga said a number of police vehicles have suffered damage from rock throwing adding, this is not helpful.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has announced, the Mataniko Dental Clinic will be officially opened next week. The clinic is located next to the Pikinini Clinic and is a five chair facility.
Honiara should expect high police presence during the long Easter weekend, says the Deputy Commissioner of Police Juanita Matanga. Mrs. Matanga made the comments in her weekly media conference at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara today.
The Governor-General will be attending the Easter Monday fun run in Honiara next week. The Rotary Club of Honiara says Sir Frank Kabui will officially open the race and award the race winners as a chief guest. The five kilometre race will begin at Lawson Tama Stadium at 8am on Monday next week.
Finance Minister, Snyder Rini has tabled the 2015 National Budget this morning. This budget is the first budget of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government and at over $4 billion, it is the largest in the country’s history.
Concerned citizens group, the Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) has agreed to establish an initiative entitled “FSII Men Against Rape”. A statement from FSII said this is an initiative aimed at educating men and boys about rape.
Police have arrested a prime suspect in relation to the recent killing incident at the Ranadi area. Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirmed at his weekly media conference yesterday the arrest was made after a successful police investigation into the matter.
The Honiara City Council has yesterday commenced inspection of Point Cruz buildings. The team consisted inspectors from the Physical Planning and Health Division inspected buildings from the hot bread to the Solfish office at Point Cruz.
Honiara City Council has met with the Salo Fishing Co-operative Society of the Fishing Village in Honiara to discuss car park issues of the Fishing Village Market. The Council’s Trade and Commerce Standing Committee held the meeting with the Society on Monday this week.
Director of the Health Promotion Division of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Alby Lovi has said the newly outbreak Zika Virus can be prevented if communities work together with health authorities.
Two-hundred and ninety thousand dollars of the Westpac Bank robbery is still missing and this has caused a Principal Magistrate to refuse bail for the men accused of the armed robbery.
