The Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) acknowledges the importance of land resource in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Augustine Auga made the statement to officially open a National Land Use Policy Workshop in Honiara today.
Forum Solomon Islands International (FSII) has presented a submission on alleged extravagant earnings of the Solomon Airlines Chief Executive Officer Captain Ron Sumsum to the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon.
Communities of Santa Ana and Santa Catalina in East Makira are now able to access Bank South Pacific, BSP, basic banking services in their villages. These basic services include withdrawals, deposits and opening of personal account through the newly established branchless banking agency at Waikaru…
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has launched a “Civil Engineering Certificate Four” training in Honiara today. The workshop is funded by the ADB, Australian, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands Government under the Transport sector development project.
Police in Kirakira have arrested six people in relation to an arson incident at Maro’u Bay in Ugi, Makira Ulawa province. The arson occurred last Wednesday night during heated arguments between two parties who claimed ownership of land at Maro’u Bay.
Water supply and sanitation problems will be a thing of the past for the communities of Kolofe and Kwaibala in Auki, Malaita Province. Thanks to the Government and People of Japan for funding an SBD$500,000 worth of project materials towards a water supply and sanitation project for the…
A grant contract of more than SBD$500,000 has been awarded to the a community in the Isabel Province from the Japanese Government. Funded under the Grassroots project fund managed by the Japanese Embassy, the grant aid will go towards improving water and sanitation systems at Koghe Community in…
The Honiara City Council Law Enforcement Division has praised the public for cooperating with the Council’s Seven-metre by-law ordinance saying the public has positively responded to the ordinance by complying with it.
North Guadalcanal has formed a Constituency Congress. SIBC’s stringer in North Guadalcanal, Dudley Gani reports this is a new initiative taken by the MP for North Guadalcanal Samson Maneka. Gani says the congress held their first meeting last Sunday.
Makira Ulawa Province is in full swing in its preparation for this year’s Makira Banana Festival celebrations. The event’s Organising chairman Noel Mamau told SIBC News, this year’s festival will be bigger than the inaugural festival last year.
A number of teachers and school leavers in Mbita’ama, North Malaita are calling on the Democratic Coalition for Change Government to re-introduce government scholarships at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU).
Projects funded by the European Union (EU) in Buala, Isabel Province have been assessed recently by project officials from the European Union Delegation to Solomon Islands.
The Minister of Fisheries, Honourable John Maneniaru has stood by his decision to approve the issuance of export license to Ontong Java Development Company.
The Pan-Oceanic Bank Chairman, Mr Upali de Silva said his company is optimistic about achieving progress based on the overall economic growth projected by the Democratic Coalition for Change Government.
Developing the Agriculture sector is a top priority of the national government. The Agriculture Ministry’s social page said more than 80 percent of the country’s population depends on this sector.
A new World Bank report has looked at ways in which the Solomon Islands Government and development partners can improve their funding mechanisms; resource distribution and; planning processes for investing in rural infrastructure and service delivery.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says his Democratic Coalition for Change Government is committed to see the Auluta Palm Oil Project implemented. The Prime Minister made the statement when he met with a delegation from the Project site this week.
Bogus recruitment agents are again taking money from Solomon Islanders who want to pick fruits in Australia and New Zealand, and the Labour Mobility Unit has issued another call for the public to watch out for fake recruitment schemes.
UNICEF had today handed over two medical equipments to the National Referral Hospital, including a delivery bed for the Hospital’s labour ward. The other equipment was a multi-parameter patient monitor for the Nursery ward.
Police have confiscated more than 75 cartons of beer at a private residence in Honiara, but no arrests have been made in relation to the raided black market outlet. The raid happened at Bahaii in Central Honiara yesterday evening.
