Health authorities have confirmed seven people have died in the country from measles-related complications, after a six months old baby in Western Province was the latest fatality.
Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force are now fully trained in Public Order Management (POM) for next month’s General Elections. This follows a demonstration staged by police officers, using live ammunition and riot gear at Hell’s Point compound East of Honiara today.
Over 100 police officers are currently undergoing a week long joint Public Order Management capability training in preparation for the National General Election next month.
An inaugural Youth Festival is being planned for December this year. The Festival is part of the SPC-led Youth at Work program and follows a number of successful Youth Markets in Honiara.
Preparing response plans for future disasters is critical for Solomon Islands says the Permanent Secretary responsible for Disaster Management, Dr Melchior Mataki.
A workshop on the National Forest Inventory and Sampling Design Workshop has begun in Honiara today. The workshop aims to put in place a design and system that will harmonize collective efforts for a national forest inventory and a forest monitoring system for Solomon Islands.
Six officers from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) have been commissioned as Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) officers in a landmark overseas deployment. Deputy Police Commissioner, Juanita Matanga confirms, the six officers will be deployed to Buka, Bougainville.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force will only use firearms as a last resort and to protect life, says the PPF Commander, Greg Harrigan. Commander Harrigan made the statement during a radio talk back show about the Solomon Islands Government re-armament program, which was held earlier this month.
A team of officers from the World Vision Solomon Islands Branch is currently doing disaster risk reduction awareness in North Guadalcanal. The team’s first awareness program was on Monday night and they have seventeen villages to cover.
Care taker Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has been reassured that work towards the establishment of the new University of South Pacific, USP, Doma Campus is progressing well.
An information stakeholders meeting on the Honiara Town Boundary was held yesterday in Honiara between the National Government and its stakeholders. The one day meeting was to discuss issues surrounding the Honiara Town Boundary.
Members from the Alcoholics Anonymous Australia are currently in Honiara to re-visit an AA program established eighteen months ago. AA, or Alcoholics Anonymous is a global fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other to solve their common problem and to…
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is preparing all necessary arrangements to disburse an additional 14-million dollars towards infrastructure development of Primary and Junior secondary schools in the country.
Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF) in Solomon Islands has been selected as a recipient of the US Agency for International Development, USAID, Pacific-American Climate Fund (PACF) program.
Twenty-five health workers of Central Islands Province have successfully completed a week long training on Essential Newborn Care and promotion of breastfeeding at Tulagi, Central Islands Province.
SWocK project has completed two provincial Land Use Planning workshops in the Makira Ulawa and Choiseul provinces. In its monthly program, SWoCK held these workshops at Wanahata, Waihaga and Paregho villages in the Makira Ulawa province and Voza, Sasamungga and Loloko in Choiseul province.
The Ministry of National Unity Reconciliation and Peace (MNURP) has completed consultations on a National Peace Building Policy Framework (NPPF) over the weekend.
People around the Tenavatu Cattle breeding farm in North Guadalcanal have called on the Ministry of Agriculture Live Stock division to quickly construct a relocated stock yard to secure cows for sale.
Two schools in North Malaita were fortunate to be part of a series of evaluation and monitoring workshops conducted by Save the Children in the region recently. The schools were Sikofata Primary and Bita’ama Community High school.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force and the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RASI) have applaud the active engagement of communities and organisations in the government’s decision on its limited rearmament project.
