The Honiara City Council with the support of the Honiara Economic Development Support Project – HEDSUP has installed 20 rubbish bins in the City. A media statement from HCC says the bins are placed along the streets from the Art Gallery to the Honiara Casino at Point Cruz.
The Magistrate Court has sentenced a man to serve nine months in prison for stealing $800.00 from an elderly man in May 2012. Luke Lale was sentenced early this week after pleading guilty to the charges of larceny from a person, escape from lawful custody and common assault.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force lacks detail of a suspicious death in Honiara early this week. Eye witnesses say a carpenter believed to be in his 20s working for an Asian had sustained injuries to his head and other body parts was rushed to the hospital on the eve of the Independence…
The National Government through the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) and its National and Provincial Disaster Committees are currently conducting Post Disaster Impacts and Needs Assessments in the Provinces recently affected by Tropical Cyclone Raquel.
A founder of the West Are’are Rokotanikeni Association Dr. Alice Pollard has said her association’s achievement shows that there is potential for women to save and engage in economic development activities.
A one-day induction training on reviving flag raising ceremony successfully ended in Honiara yesterday. The training is is part of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government’s policy in the peacebuilding sector to revive flag raising ceremony in Solomon Islands.
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 customary tribal landowners of Arapuamora and Taniakaro in Small Malaita are calling on the police to intervene and address a continuous brawl between a logging licensee and people of that regionafter the logging licensee is believed to have breached a High Court Order.
A South Guadalcanal elder has called on the Member of Parliament for South Guadalcanal David Dei Pacha to be transparent with how he is going to spend his constituency funding for the next four years.
The Solomon Islands 37th Independence Anniversary is somewhat historical for the Law Enforcement Officers of the Honiara City Council as it was the first for them to participate as a separate platoon during the parade celebrations.
The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has rescinded the conditional approval it gave to BSP to acquire Westpac Banking Corporation Solomon Islands. CBSI confirmed to SIBC News it made the decision on May 29th this year.
The Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said his government is working on a new shipping policy to provide quality service to people of Solomon Islands. Mr. Sogavare made the comment last Friday at the country’s commemoration of the 37th Independence anniversary.
The Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has announced the 12 2015 Solomon Islands honors and awards medal recipients. Mr Sogavare made the announcement last Friday at the official commemoration of the 37th Solomon Islands Independence anniversary in Honiara.
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…
A second lot of students doing medical studies in Cuba will be graduating after completing their six years study program on the 24th of this month. Among local students who will graduate will be five girls and 17 boys.
The continuous wet weather experienced in Malaita province since April this year has damaged food gardens causing families to go hungry. This has caused the residents of Hauhui in West Are’are to beckon the provincial and national disaster authorities for assistance.
Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare said the Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCCG) is fully conscious of the fact that sustainable economic growth is the only guarantee to a reasonable standard of living for Solomon Islands.
Two members of the Ilito’ona Kastom Gaden Association in North Malaita are calling on the Kastom GadenAssociation in Honiara to visit them and see how they are doing. The two local farmers said it has been five years since the association last visited them.
This year’s Independence Anniversary theme,”Unity and Empowerment for a Changing Solomon Islands” is intended to remind citizens of the need to work together. The theme also challenged us to look beyond ethnic barriers and widen our focus on the composition of our population.
A visiting delegation from the Republic of China, Taiwan led by its Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrew Chen-Chuan Kao called on Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday.
