Honiara City Council (HCC) has shifted its new three years Waste Management Program backwards. Honiara City Council clerk Charles Kelly confirms this to SIBC News yesterday.
Former Member of Parliament for East Kwaio Alfred Sasako has raised the importance of establishing polling booths for provincial constituencies in Honiara during the elections.
The Ministry of Environment will start implementing ground works with communities on the National Rehabilitation program to clean up the Mataniko River next year. Launched in June this year, the program is now in its awareness and baseline studies.
Anti-Corruption watchdog, Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) will soon publish all the candidates that have signed the TSI election integrity pledge. A statement from TSI said more than 60 candidates have signed the pledge, 99 percent of whom are contesting under their political parties.
Expatriates working in the country have expressed surprise at the recent brutal killing of the Melanesian Brother (Tasiu) of the Anglican Church of Melanesia’s Brotherhood on North West Guadalcanal.
The Ministry of Health and the Honiara City Council Health Department have began a drug distribution program to stop the trachoma disease in Honiara City. Trachoma can cause permanent blindness to humans if it is not treated quickly.
Bank South Pacific is launching its Annual Go Green Clean Up Day nation-wide this weekend under the theme “Our Green City”. A press statement from the Bank yesterday says, the Clean Up Day will be launched across the Solomon Islands through all its retail bank branches in the Provinces.
ANZ Bank has launched its first Money Minded Impact Report in the Solomon Islands. The report’s launching follows that of bank’s financial literacy program in 2011.
The funeral of the former Head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Reverend Sam Ata will be held in Honiara tomorrow. Reverend Ata passes away on Friday night following a period of illness.
Guadalcanal and Honiara have gone ahead of other constituencies to draw names for the ballot order for its constituencies. Staged yesterday and witnessed by election officials at the National Museum in Honiara, the draw was done after nominations closed at 4:30pm yesterday.
The Pacific Business Mentoring Programme trainers have returned to Honiara for a four days long training to existing and new clients. The training started yesterday at Heritage Park Hotel and 19 small and medium size businesses from the agriculture, tourism, professional services, events…
The 2014 Chess League has kicked off in the capital. President of the Solomon Islands Chess Federation Luke Mamae says more than 50 players from eight clubs within Honiara are competing in the league.
Former politician, Alfred Sasako, has renewed his call for Constituency Voter Booths to be set up in Honiara. In a statement yesterday, Mr Sasako said having Constituency Voter Booths in Honiara is a win-win situation for voters and intending candidates.
The Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA) has launched its policy manifesto this afternoon in Honiara. In its manifesto, SIPRA says it aims to empower all Solomon Islanders in six major development areas.
More than 200 people have attended a meeting at the National Museum Auditorium aimed at briefing intending candidates ahead of the National General Election next month.
Health authorities have confirmed seven people have died in the country from measles-related complications, after a six months old baby in Western Province was the latest fatality.
Family farming will continue to be important, regardless of external threats, says the Chair of this year’s World Food Day National Committee. Michael Ho’ota made the statement this morning during celebrations to mark World Food Day in Honiara today.
The UN Women Solomon Islands in collaboration with the Honiara Central Market Vendor Association today celebrated the International Day of Rural Women in Honiara.
Today is World Handwashing Day and Solomon Islands has joined millions of people around the world to commemorate the day. Each year 200 million people around the world in over 100 countries celebrate the Global Handwashing Day event.
Permanent Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry says resilience for rural people to mitigate climate change extremes needs to be realised and supported. Jimmy Saelea made the comment today at the official opening of the Agriculture Week.
