People working and living in Buala, Isabel province have questioned why there is no ‘out of constituency’ registration center in the provinces. A Nursing Officer working at Buala Hospital, Martin Gavira said it is too expensive for people to travel to Honiara to register from provinces they work…
Voter registration turn out at two Registration Centers in the North Malaita Constituency started low and slow on Monday, as discovered by registration officers at the sites.
North Guadalcanal voters have raised concerns and questions on how their Member of Parliament spent their constituency’s 2013 development funds. SIBC stringer Duddley Gani reports the questions and concerns were raised after receiving documents of last year’s 2013 development budget, and recurrent…
Guadalcanal remains the only province infested with the Giant African Snail after Agriculture Quarantine authorities confirmed its presence in 2007. The giant African snail population in Honiara and parts of Guadalcanal is reportedly increasing at a rapid pace and out of control.
The only woman member in the Western Provincial Assembly Jane Tozaka has said as a country people need to start working on strategies towards the adoption of global development agenda beyond 2015. Mrs Tozaka made the statement yesterday during the International Women’s celebrations in Honiara.
The biometric voter registration has started at almost all VRCs in the country. Scheduled to start yesterday, the registration will run for a period of forty days.
A man from Small Malaita has called for the strengthening of political party system to ensure political stability. A secondary school teacher by profession, Ishmael Ou’ou said political parties were formed since Solomon Islands gained independence 30 years ago but are very weak.
A local business owner has called on local business houses and responsible authorities to assist erect more sheltered bus and taxi stands along the Honiara streets.
Day one of the Bio-metric Voter Registration did not start well in other provinces and the capital. Reports reaching SIBC News says some of the voter registration centres in the country did not start due to technical problems encountered with registration computers.
The joint Civil Society and Concern Citizens Group, JCSG and CC, is calling on the international donor community and foreign governments to impose a ” freeze on general aid,” direct budget support to the Solomon Islands Government.
Local teak tree farmers at the Guadalcanal plains are calling on the Member of Parliament for North Guadalcanal to explain how he spent his constituency’s reforestation program funds for last year. The farmers made the call after missing out on the reforestation funds last year.
Women of ward 15 in Munda Western Province have officially opened their new market facility building at the Helena Goldie Hospital on Friday. Officiating the handing over, Western’s Provincial Minister of State Jane Tozaka said the project is a fine example of service to the people within the…
A local farmer who regularly supplies fruits, root crops and fish to the National Referral Hospital in Honiara has called on responsible authorities to formulate a quick and efficient way of payment for suppliers like him.
The Chairperson of the Russell Islands Lavukal Trust Board has described a recent media report which claimed the board has signed an agreement with RIPEL, as “false”.
Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Sir Allan Kemakeza has called on voters in the country to re-register during the upcoming Biometric Voters Registration program.
Admitted patients at the Good Samaritan Hospital at Tetere, North Guadalcanal are not being fed meals by the Hospital. One of the patients, Selwyn Suba an Anglican priest, admitted twice at the hospital, told SIBC’s North Guadalcanal stringer Dudley Gani that the government must address this issue.
Over 2-hundred solar panels are set to be distributed to three wards in North Malaita. The Ministry of Mines and Energy delivered the set of solar panels under the Japanese Tech Pacific Environment Committee fund.
An elderly man in North Guadalcanal has accused the constituency’s Member of Parliament of disrespectful behavior, after the MP took back solar panels that were already distributed to him.
Bank South Pacific, BSP has brought banking to the heart of East Honiara. FF Store, owned by Alick Oitaloa and Fraser Fulesau is now a BSP Agent, and is equipped and able assist BSP customers to do deposits, make withdrawals and open new BSP Accounts in Gilbert Camp and surrounding areas.
A man from Small Malaita has called on all community chiefs and landowners of Small Malaita to put away their differences and reopen the Parasi airstrip so as to reap its benefits. Parasi airport was closed after a land dispute.
