Parliament will begin debate on the Fisheries Management Bill 2015 tomorrow. The Bill includes provisions for the conservation, management, development and sustainable use of fisheries and marine resources of Solomon Islands, to monitor and control fishing vessels within and beyond the fisheries…
The West Rennell Landowners Council has convened its first Annual General Meeting this week. The meeting was held on Tuesday this week at Matahenua Village. It was organised after the Council became a legally registered body, and after the Council passed and adopted the Council’s constitution.
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Rick Hou says four percent under the social sector reforms of the 2015 budget is to retrain returning Cuban-trained medics.
The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government has announced it will re-establish the customary land recording and registration process as a step towards strengthening customary land ownership and to make tribal lands available for economic development.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said the country needs to go back to the basics and establish whether its key basic activities are functioning to the level required to move the economy forward. Speaking to local journalists in a Budget Reporting workshop held in Honiara over the weekend, Mr.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has successfully completed a successful bilateral border protection operation with Vanuatu law enforcement agencies.
Solomon Islanders have a duty to the generations that follow. These are the words of the United States Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and PNG, His Excellency Walter North who is in the country.
Solomon Islands could have benefited more from its tuna resources if it had a more transparent and accountable fisheries management system. The World Bank Country Director for Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, and the Pacific, Franz Drees-Gross made the statement in an exclusive interview with SIBC…
The Minister of Fisheries Honourable John Maneniaru has assured concerned Solomon Islanders, although the challenges posed by the beche-de-mer fishery are great, he is willing to tackle them head on.
A number of teachers and school leavers in Mbita’ama, North Malaita are calling on the Democratic Coalition for Change Government to re-introduce government scholarships at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU).
The Parliamentary Opposition has called on the Fisheries Minister John Maneniaru to revoke a beche-de-mer export license granted to the Ontong Java Development Company, saying this will threaten his status as a person with integrity.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has confirmed he gave instructions to issue a beche-de-mer export license to Dr Reginald Apia of the Ontong Java Development Company Limited.
Solomon Islands is facing a tuna import ban from the European Union if it does not take action on illegal fishing. Solomon Islands received a yellow card from the EU for non-compliance with its laws designed to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
A New Zealand Company, Duncan Hardie Group has applied to the Solomon Islands Government for a license to conduct offshore oil prospecting in the country.
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has reminded the Solomon Island government to address illegal fishing in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
A non-Government Organisation ‘OceansWatch Solomon Islands’ working in some parts of Temotu Province is concerned about the lifting of the beche-de-mer ban by the government.
The Ministry of Fisheries has imposed tough measures over methods of harvesting beche-der-mer with its recent announcement to lift the ban for three months. The Government has lifted the ban from the first of this month to harvest and sell the marine commodity.
The ban on the harvest and sale of beche-de-mer or sea cucumber has been lifted for three months – and started on December 1 this year. The ban was publicised via a public notice published in newspapers and aired on radio today.
The Guadalcanal Provincial Executive has concretely denied claims over the sale of Guadalcanal lands in Marau and Doma in Guadalcanal province. Executive Spokes Person Justin Pascal told SIBC News, the provincial executive has no power to sell lands in Guadalcanal province.
A resource mapping workshop to properly develop Malaita Province resources has ended successfully yesterday in the Southern region of the province. Richard Hou of South Malaita reports.
