Australia has identified gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as a priority of its aid program in the Solomon Islands. First Secretary for Gender from the Australian High Commission Sarah Kernot made the statement during yesterday’s announcement of Australia’s ‘Safe Families’…
The seventh Australia-Solomon Islands Business Forum is on track to start tomorrow. The Australian High Commission office in Honiara said this is the first time the bilateral business event will be held in Solomon Islands.
The 2016 Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships are now open for Solomon Islanders in the fields of health, gender, education, engineering, economics and law. The Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships sponsors students interested in studying abroad at selected universities in the Pacific.
A research fellow from an Australian University says there has been no effect in transforming Solomon Islands into a well-governed state, despite having been given so much aid.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock says it is looking forward to implementing the Integrated Pig and Agriculture Training Centre in Malaita province.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management, Conservation and Meteorology is pursuing strategic works on its major national programs and projects for sound environmental management and sustainable development plans.
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology has successfully launched its 2015-2017 Corporate Plan and Human Resources Development Strategic Plan.
The Guadalcanal Provincial Executive and members of the provincial assembly say they support the National Government’s decision to implement the proposed limited rearmament of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force.
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…
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.
Four Solomon Islanders who are in Australia under the Labour Mobility Scheme have been declared as illegally living in Australia. The four people are part of a group of 14 Solomon Islanders who travelled to Australia to work in the country’s horticulture industry under the scheme late last year.
The Rennell Bellona Provincial Assembly is the latest group to express support for the Government’s decision for the staged limited rearmament of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, RSIPF.
Safe Ground International has found that the level of contaminants by unexploded ordinances from the Second World War in the Solomon Islands are comparable to the Southeast Asian region. Australian volunteer Georgia Murphy confirmed this in an exclusive interview with SIBC News today.
Students and community members at Nanakinimae Primary School in East Kwaio, Malaita province, were enlightened by a sexual and reproductive health awareness program targeting schools in the province’s eastern region.
Honiara City Council has farewelled Deputy City Clerk and Advisor Ronald Amigo. A statement from Honiara City Council says the City Mayor Alfrence Fatai in his farewell speech expressed his appreciation towards Mr.
Communities in Vella La Vella, Western Province have established its Council of Chiefs. The Vella La Vella Council of Chiefs will govern four House of Chiefs in the area.
The Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace has successfully completed a four days workshop on Strengthening and Empowering Leadership in the Community at Kuava Village, South Vella La Vella, Western Province.
The Democratic Coalition for Change Government wants the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to become an effective police force again. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare made the statement yesterday when he visited the RAMSI GBR Base in Henderson.
Young girls will be better protected from cervical cancer, the biggest cancer killer of women in Solomon Islands, after the introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to the country yesterday.
The New Zealand High Commission is proud to participate with the Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Douglas Ete, in the launch of the New Zealand Pacific Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme this week in Honiara.
