Plans are underway to look into the expansion of Honiara and Auki towns. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey Stanley Wale revealed the plan in a government statement. It is part of the Ministry’s 2017 work plan and reform.
As part of World Press Freedom Day, SIBC walked around the Point Cruz area for our Talem TingTing program in Honiara and asked: Do you think it is important that our journalists are able to report freely on news and issues? And Why? And: What do you think of journalism in the Solomon Islands?…
A group of angry group of men armed with rocks, bows and iron bars stormed the premises of the Hatanga Company at Tinge Ridge this morning, causing damage to homes and property. The illegal settlers retaliated after a home was burned down early this morning by an unknown group of people.
Authorities say plans to relocate the National Referral Hospital in Honiara are “progressing well”. Health Permanent Secretary Dr Tenneth Dalipanda made the comments at a joint annual performance review held by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Honiara yesterday.
Western Province Premier Wayne Maepio has strongly refuted claims by a former New Zealand aid researcher that the Munda airport upgrading project is a waste of funds.
Emotions were on full display today as the family members of murdered Chinese couple Gongzhen Lao and Yuegui Wu paid tribute in a moving memorial service in Honiara today.
It is one of the world’s most loved treats – and a valuable one at that. And now local Solomon Islander farmers are now trying to get a bigger piece of the pie – or chocolate bar as it may be. The week-long Solomon Islands chocolate week concluded today at the National auditorium with hundreds
No Solomon Islands children should die from an immunisation-preventable disease – that is the message coming out of today’s immunisation event at SIBC. Launching the National EPI Communication Strategy 2017-2020 at SIBC today, authorities said immunisation was “everybody’s responsibility” and urged…
The three Vietnamese “blue boats” captains face fines of up to $SBD 12 million, or up to three years in jail, the State prosecutor has revealed. The three appeared before the Honiara Magistrate’s Court this morning, where they were formally remanded in custody.
Solomon Islands Police have identified “people of interest” in the Easter double murder which shocked Honiara, and the nation. Speaking at a weekly press conference, Police Commissioner Matthew Varley said the investigation into the death of Jimmy and Joy Kwan at their business and home at Town…
It is perhaps a fleeting connection at best, but there is one reason why US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull are meeting next month. And the Solomon Islands has a lot to do with it.
It was supposed to be a day of celebration – yet for hundreds of Solomon Islands National University students it turned into a nightmare. Reports from the SINU graduation ceremony suggest hundreds – some reports suggest the number is about 200 – students ready to graduate were rejected at the last…
About 1700 students graduated from Solomon Islands National University this morning in a massive ceremony. The graduating class was the university’s fourth since it became a university, with graduates receiving certificates, diplomas and degrees.
The first sixteen copies of the Roviana-language Bible have arrived in the country. It was history in the making for members of the United Church and the Bible Translation Society group who attended a small ceremony at the Honiara International Airport on Saturday to catch a glimpse of the Bible.
Honiara City Mayor Andrew Mua has called on legislators to reintroduce the death penalty into the Solomon Islands. In light of the barbaric killing of Chinese couple Jimmy and Joy Kwan over the Easter, Mr Mua said tougher laws could help prevent murders.
A massive crowd marched through the streets of Honiara on Sunday to condemn the Easter weekend murder of Chinese Solomon Islanders Jimmy and Joy Kwan, whilst calling for peace in the capital.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has called on the public to help it solve the Easter double murder of Chinese couple Jimmy and Joy Kwan. Supervising Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga told journalists yesterday the force was appealing to the community for information on the case.
It is not a common answer for Solomon Islander girls when they’re asked: what do you do for a job? But Dive Munda, a local diving company, is trying to change that. The company, in the Western Province, has trained, and now employs, four female dive guides.
There is an urgent need to upgrade existing tourism facilities to international standards, the Solomon Islands Government believes. Speaking on the National Tourism Development Strategy 2017 during SIBC’s Distaem Nao program this morning, Minister of Tourism and Culture Bartholomew Parapolo said…
Dive Munda, a top local diving destination in the Western Province, has won the Diving Company of the Year award. The award, established by Luxury Travel Guide, Asia and Australasia 2017, was handed out over the weekend. Dive Munda is owned and managed by an expatriate Belinda Botha.
