The Solomon Islands National Teacher’s Association (SINTA) now has a new General Secretary. He is Robert Lafisi, a former Principal of Aligegeo Secondary School in Malaita province.
The Minister for Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs Ministry, Jim Tanaganda has congratulated the West Are’are Rokotanikeni Association, Mr Jim Tanaganda who is also the Member of Parliament for Gizo Kolombangara made the comment yesterday at the commemoration of Rokotanikeni’s 16 years…
The World Vision will launch a Climate Change documentary featuring stories of the people of Solomon Islands tomorrow in Honiara. The documentary includes stories from people in Makira Ulawa and Guadalcanal provinces and Ontong Java and shows World Vision’s collaboration with community members, the…
Solomon Islanders will now have an added boost to their daily diet, thanks to a food fortification initiative led by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
West Are’are Rokotanikeni Association will be holding its 16th Annual General Meeting this week in Honiara. “Celebrating Growth in Savings and Membership”- is the meeting’s theme. It will coincide with the country’s 37th Independence Anniversary.
The umbrella organisation of Solomon Islands NGOs and Civil Society has today launched a three-day exhibition on the role of NGOs in the country. The Development Services Exchanges organised the event to allow the public understand their role.
Police Commissioner Frank Prendergast has discussed ways to better combat family violence and violence against children in Solomon Islands with the visiting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children. The Police Commissioner met with Marta Santos Pais yesterday.
A group of Solomon Island theatre actors will be taking their message on peaceful homes to other parts of Melanesia this weekend. Six female members of the Stages of Change theatre group will fly to Fiji this weekend to conduct a workshop with performing students at the Oceania Centre.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the availability of more lands and environment allows for tourism exploration to develop Solomon Islands. Prime Minister Sogavare was speaking during the ‘National Tourism Development Strategy 2015-2019’ launch in Honiara last week.
The Special representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais will visit Solomon Islands as her first Pacific tour next week.
A group of young Solomon Islands leaders are supporting calls on the Parliamentary Entitlements Commission to ‘revoke’ the recent awarding of tax-free salaries to members of parliament.
A landowner company, Gold Ridge Community Investment Limited (GCIL) has bought the troubled Gold Ridge mine from Australian gold miner Saint Barbara. Pacific Islands News Association reports the sale of the mine to Gold Ridge Community Investment Limited includes all of the mine’s liabilities and a…
The Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) says having the Tavanipupu Island Resort Limited (TIRL) title for the next two years will improve NPF’s ability to recover its investment in the resort and open new investment landscape and options.
Cabinet has endorsed an Inter-Ministry Committee to prepare Solomon Islands’ negotiations with Fiji on a new Air Service Agreement (ASA) in the coming weeks.
People with special needs in the country commend Members of Parliament for their supportive comments in last week’s Parliament meeting. A member of the community Rose Simbe says listening live on SIBC to MPs deliberating on support for people with special needs instill so much joy. Ms.
Ministry of Finance and Treasury warns suppliers, contractors and service providers undertaking contractual obligations with the Government to comply with the 2013 procurement rules or risk non-payment for their services.
ADB’s report on strategies to guide reforms in state-owned enterprises in the Solomon Islands and other Pacific island countries will be officially launched in Honiara this Wednesday. The report will be launched during the Solomon Islands State-Owned Enterprise Forum.
One year after the April flash floods in Honiara and the Guadalcanal plains, which left 22 people dead and some 9,000 homeless and without gardens and livelihoods, World Vision continues to assist people in the most affected communities.
The Permanent Secretary for Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs has assured the Young Women Christians Association (YWCA) in Solomon Islands of having the Government’s support for its recently launched ten year Strategic Plan document.
World Vision has started distributing relief items to families affected by the severe Tropical Cyclone Pam in Temotu Province. The World Vision Media Unit, reports, more than 1,000 people in Temotu’s remote islands of Tikopia, Anuta, and the Reef islands have been badly affected by widespread…
