Government has been urged to enact the Pacific Games 2023 Act 2017 to meet the country’s obligations with the Pacific Games Council. Team Leader of the National Task Force responsible for Pacific Games 2023 preparations, Gabriel Suri said in an SIBC interview.
Solomon Islands Electoral Commission begins dispatching provincial teams to publish the voters provisional list in registration centres across the country. Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mose Saitala revealed over the weekend during a talk back show at the National Broadcaster’s Valeluma.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Solomon Islands today signed a grant agreement to fund a new facility which will finance the design and implementation readiness of the government’s priority transport projects.
Central Islands Province has bounced back from bottom to the top- meeting all eight minimum conditions of the Provincial Capacity Development Funds (PCDF) for 2018/2019. The province was disqualified to access the 2015/2016 Provincial Capacity Development Funds.
Parties involved have finally resorted to solving the ownership of the Honiara integrated Primary school (HIPS). A statement from HCC late yesterday afternoon said, this comes after City Mayor Andrew Mua identified that the registration and ownership of the school is not under the Council.
Publication of provisional voters lists will commence Monday next week. Solomon Islands Electoral Commission Chief Electoral Officer Mose Saitala today confirms, the lists will be available in all 50 constituencies for three weeks.
Australia and Solomon Islands have confirmed their commitment to ensure that Solomon Islanders have access to high quality trained doctors. Last week, more than 45 representatives from peak Australian medical and development organisations gathered with senior Government officials in Honiara to…
The Indonesian Government has used “sovereignty” as an excuse to suppress West Papuans’ demands for self-determination, commit human rights violations, murder hundreds of thousands of indigenous West Papuans, dispossess them from their lands, and thwart international discussions about the issue…
“You can recognize the sovereignty of a nation but you can also point out something that isn’t right”, says Gary Juffa, Governor of Papua New Guinea’s Oro Province.
The Former Member of Parliament for Temotu Vatud constituency Freda Tuki is being cleared to contest next year’s national general election. The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission made the clarification due to confusions of the former MP’s eligibility.
The body mandated to conduct national general elections, the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission maintains, there will be no by-election for Temotu Vatud Constituency.
Member of Parliament for Gizo/Kolombangara Constituency Honourable Lanelle Olandrea Tanangada has been sworn in as the new Minister for Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs. Mrs Tanangada was sworn in at the Government House by the Governor General Sir Frank Kabui this afternoon.
President of the People’s Progressive Party Charles Dausabea has criticized the Electoral Commission’s decision against conducting a by-election for the Temotu-VATUD Constituency. This comes after the former Constituency’s MP, Ms Freda Tuki was unseated in one of the successful 2014 petition cases.
The conversation on traditional governance is important and should not be rushed into legislation. Dr. Joseph Daniel Foukona from the University of the South Pacific’s Faculty of Arts and Law told an SIBC interview today.
The Australian Government expects to see more workers from Solomon Islands join the country’s seasonal workers scheme. Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Roderick Brazier, told regional journalists in Honiara there is no cap on the labor mobility program.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission will determine if Freda Tuki would qualify to contest in the coming National General Elections after it studies the High Court judgement on the petition case won by former Temotu VATUD MP Clay Forau.
National leaders must make sure national views at the international area must be consistent or the country loses its credibility. Director of ‘Centre for Pacific Island Studies’ at the University of Hawai’i, Associate Professor Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka was reacting to Prime Minister Rick…
Solomon Islands respects Indonesia’s sovereignty over its territorial boundaries including West Papua and Papua. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela had told the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York over the weekend, his Government was committed to work with the Government of Indonesia on…
Cross-border registration is proving the ineffectiveness of the new electoral Act, The Electoral Act 2018. This was the view of the Member of Parliament for Aoke/Langalanga Constituency Hon. Matthew Wale.
Acting Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has encouraged Members of Parliament to retire their Rural Constituency Development Funds, RCDF. Winding his Motion of Adjournment yesterday, Mr Sogavare concurred with sentiments echoed by the Member of Parliament for East Honiara, Douglas Ete.
