Another high police visibility operation will be conducted throughout this weekend. Deputy Police Commissioner Juanita Matanga confirms in her weekly media conference in Honiara yesterday. She said crime hot spots will be targeted during the operation, including traffic issues.
The Head of Law Enforcement Division of the Honiara City Council Robert Madeo has appealed to members of the public to uphold and respect the Council’s ordinances.
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has completed a Family Planing Strengthening Training at Tulagi, Central province this week. Aimed at equipping nurse Aid and registered nurses in the province, the training has been identified as important for adults and children.
Foreign Minister Milner Tozaka says the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government has decided to maintain the last government’s position to go along with an united stand on the West Papua’s bid for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening Duddley Kopu has encouraged the Isabel Provincial Government to forge a partnership with resource owners to help drive socio-economic developments in the Province.
Market Vendors at Tulagi, Central Province are complaining about the lack of sanitation facility within the Tulagi market building. The vendors say it is inhumane and unhealthy not to include sanitation inside the Market facility.
“We have heard the call” – says the Prime Minister when he officially declared the opening of the Women’s Leadership and Political Participation Conference at the FFA Conference Room in Honiara this morning.
The Parliamentary Opposition group has said it is not surprised by the declining support for the Prime Minister and his DCC Government as indicated by an online popularity poll.
Solomon Islands is yet to decide on its stand on the West Papua bid for membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). The Fijian Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill recently said that any dealings with West Papua needs to go through Indonesia,…
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has denied any illegal harvesting of beche-de-mer in the country. The Prime Minister’s Secretariat Office says, though the harvesting period beche-de-mer has ended, the Ministry maintains, an extension is necessary to enable producers bring their…
Director of Non-Communicable Diseases at the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Dr Geoffrey Kenilorea has said tobacco is the world’s deadliest preventable killer.
The Prime Minister’s Office has announced that Gwaunaru’u Airport on Malaita Province will reopen soon. A government statement says this follows successful negotiations with landowning groups of the airport – the Fulisisila Birankwao and Toloabu Rofa tribes and representatives of communities living…
A ground-breaking ceremony on the Malaita Integrated Pig and Agriculture Training Centre will take place in Adaliua, Malaita province tomorrow. The establishment of the centre was part of the Solomon Islands Government’s partnership with the Republic of China Taiwan to develop agriculture in…
Director of Non-Communicable Diseases of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Dr Geoffery Kenilorea says ‘enforcing’ the Tobacco Control Act remains a challenge to overcome.
Foreign Minister Milner Tozaka has discussed the current Labour Mobility issues with Assistant Minister for Employment Honourable Luke Hartsuyker and the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Investment Honourable Steven Ciobo during his two-day visit to Australia last week.
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government (DCC) believes that the establishment of constituency profiles and development plans help address development priorities that reflects people’s need in different ways.
The Ngarataniau Panpipe Musik Festival proposed to be held at Afio, Small Malaita on the 15 of June this month has been postponed to August. Chairman of the festival committee Mr Henry Star Dora attributes the change in date to financial constraints.
Five communities on Malaita, Solomon Islands, have completed their Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and response plans. The USAID Coastal Community Adaptation Project’s (C-CAP) monthly update reports the communities have submitted their preliminary reports to the National Disaster Management Office…
The Gold Ridge Community Investment Limited (GCIL) has signed a ‘Heads of Agreement’ with Frontier Resources Limited. Documents obtained by SIBC News indicates the agreement allows Frontier Resources Limited to acquire 80 percent of the Gold Ridge mine project.
UN Women will be assisting in the implementation of the new Family Protection Act with the National Government following a new agreement with the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs.
