Seasonal workers returning from New Zealand are disappointed with the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, SIEC, for rejecting their request to register to vote after they returned from New Zealand.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is in the process of establishing and strengthening a new education division called the “Community Education Division”.
Cigarettes have just gotten expensive, as the Finance Minister Rick Hou announces an increased excise duty of 10 per cent on all manufactured and imported tobacco products.
Communities in Sikaiana in Malaita Outer Islands are in desperate need of food and medicine, and three elders of the Sikaiana community in Honiara have come forward to call for help to get a boat to send supplies to the islands.
Twenty youths from Taiwan will arrive this weekend to visit the Solomon Islands as part of Taiwan’s Youth Ambassador Program. A statement from the Solomon Islands Taiwanese Embassy says, the 2014 Taiwan Youth Ambassadors are all young talented university students recruited by Taiwan’s Ministry of…
Banana trees in North Guadalcanal are reportedly producing less fruit and, farmers in the area say, they want the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to assess the situation.
Twenty newly graduated Solomon Islands doctors from Cuba are expected to arrive in the country this week. The Ministry of Education sector’s secretary Audrey Rusa says four doctors will arrive today, nine tomorrow and seven on Wednesday.
Speaker of Rennell and Bellona Provincial Assembly Norman Sa’oghatogha suggests, the decision taken by Cabinet on the Attorney General’s advise regarding the province is biased.
Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF) in Solomon Islands has been selected as a recipient of the US Agency for International Development, USAID, Pacific-American Climate Fund (PACF) program.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development has concluded a one day seminar to familiarize Senior divisional Managers and Heads on its restructuring program. The seminar engaged staff on fundamental areas such as assessment, realignment and the preparation of a job description.
Member of Parliament for Northwest Choiseul constituency, Connolley Sandakabatu has said his people are grateful for the government in providing them a franchise shipping service.
A victim of the past Ethnic Tension Mr. Andrew Fioga says, failure to bring the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report to the National Parliament reflects very badly on the outgoing government.
Justice Francis Mwanesalua has adjourned a defence case in relation to the case of a man accused of the murder of another man at Lungga river, East Honiara in 2010 to tomorrow. In the High Court Thursday last week the accused presented his sworn statement of the incident.
Over 100 patients in Malu’u, were fortunate to receive dental services delivered to them at the Malu’u hospital. A dental team from Kilu’ufi hospital in Auki toured Malu’u last week.
The National Referral Hospital’s diabetic ward has called on teachers and community representatives to assist pass on social messages to address non-communicable diseases, NCDs, to their peers throughout the country.
The Magistrates Court has ordered a murder accused to find a lawyer to represent him in Court because he is facing a very serious charge. The young man and his co-accused are each facing a murder charge.
Former Premier for Guadalcanal Province Stephen Panga has acknowledged the Member of Parliament for East Choiseul Manasseh Sogavare for highlighting ongoing land problems in Guadalcanal Province in Parliament.
Four men at Masupa Village in East Are Are, Malaita Province have been arrested on charges of malicious damage to properties belonging to a logging camp in the area. The incident occurred on August 29, last month.
Parliament has passed the Prime Minister’s Pensions and Benefits Bill 2014. The new Act has legalised pensions and other benefits for former Prime Ministers.
Solomon Islands could have done better by asking the right questions prior to intervention of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, RAMSI. Member of Parliament for East Choiseul Manasseh Sogavare told Parliament during the debate on the Independent Review of RAMSI in Solomon Islands.
