The Solomon Islands Government has banned 44 expatriate workers of St. Barbara mining company which operated the Gold Ridge Mine from re-entering the country.
Magistrates are now constitutional post holders, following the passage of the ‘Constitution (Status of Magistrates) (Amendment) Bill’. The Act amended Section 116, subsection 3 of the Constitution by replacing Paragraph ‘a’ with a new one.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo welcomes and commissions the work of a Papua New Guinea, PNG Team from the Political Parties Registry to the Solomon Islands.
The Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Kola says flat tyres caused his collision with the post in Honiara – the accident happened in the early hours of Friday last week. Mr Kola made the statement in a letter published in today’s Letters to the Editor column in the Solomon Star newspaper.
The Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening Silas Tausinga, has ordered the transfer of functions and powers from the Guadalcanal Provincial Executive to the Provincial Secretary.
Constituents of North Malaita Constituency, Malaita Province are questioning the effectiveness of the current price control laws. Reporting to SIBC, stringer John Andrew Kiri says this comes after the Ministry responsible fail to educate the people about the price control laws.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo is confident that Parliament will deliberate on and eventually pass the Political Parties Integrity Bill, PPIB, which is now before the Parliamentary Bills and Legislation Committee.
The Government is beginning to implement the Constituency Development Fund, CDF in compliance with the new Public Financial Management Act, PFMA and its other subsidiary financial mechanisms.
Buala Police today reports, the suspect wanted for the alleged murder of his own daughter in Isabel Province has reportedly committed suicide. A statement from the Police Media today says Police at Buala found the suspect’s body this afternoon.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development, Selina Boso has clarified government’s position on the Constituency Development Fund Bill, saying the primary reason for not gazetting the bill was the on-going work yet to be done on the draft CDF Regulations. Mrs.
The Isabel Concerned Group for incest and abuse has lashed out against a father who allegedly stabbed her daughter to death last week. Speaking on behalf of the Group, Nester Leguvaka condemned the brutal killing of a daughter allegedly by the very person whom she had trusted and depended on all…
The Malaita Ma’asina Forum is calling on the government of Prime Minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo to gazette the Constituency Development Fund Bill. MMF President, Charles Dausabea told freelancer George Atkin, although Parliament approved in 2013 the CDF Bill, the government is yet to gazette the bill…
The Solomon Islands Government expects professional policing service to the people of Solomon Islands, says Police Minister Chris Laore. Minister Laore made the statement yesterday when he officially launched the new Police Act in Honiara.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy says the Government is working on expanding its Financial Institution Act to enable it vigorously assess financial institutions keen to invest in Solomon Islands.
The new Police Act has been officially launched this morning. The 2013 Police Act was endorsed and enforced on the first of this month. Acting Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga said the Act will enable police officers to work on areas mandated from the Act to deliver best services in the country.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force continues its investigation on a stabbing resulting in the death of a young woman by his father in Buala,Isabel province on Monday.
Forum Solomon Islands International is accusing the Ministry of Health and Medical Services of taking sides with the illegal cigarette importer, Oceanic Oasis Company Limited, OOCL.
The fourth Joint Plenary on the Draft Federal Constitution has concluded. A government statement yesterday said the Constitutional Congress and the Eminent Persons Advisory Council concluded the Joint Plenary in Honiara last Friday.
A woman from Duff Island, Temotu Province has been arrested on a charge of cruelty to children after she allegedly burnt her 6 year old daughter’s buttocks.
A woman from Duff Island, Temotu Province has been arrested on a charge of cruelty to children after she allegedly burnt her 6 year old daughter’s buttocks.
