A four days media workshop organised by the Development Services Exchange (DSE) for community-based organisations has ended today. DSE Capacity Building Officer, Lilly Chekana told SIBC News in an interview the training helps to enhance the participants’ perspective on the vital role of the media…
The Malaita Ma’asina Forum (MMF) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to elect new office bearers this Sunday, at the National Museum auditorium in Honiara. MMF Vice President Henry Daukalia confirmed the meeting to SIBC News today.
The Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Survey has launched the report on ‘Building Successful Pathways for Land Reform’ in Honiara yesterday. The report sets out a roadmap for land reform by setting up possible steps that should be taken to utilize customary land systems for development.
Makira Ulawa Provincial Premier, Thomas Weape has said the land dispute is hindering their plans to build the proposed Kirakira Market. Mr. Weape made the clarification amid concerns raised in the media over delays in the construction of the new market building at Kirakira.
A recent court circuit in Tugali, Central Province has sent five people to jail in relation to a number of criminal offences they committed. Central Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Fred Satu told SIBC News, 50 cases were heard by a Principal Magistrate and a police prosecutor from Honiara during…
Gizo residents in the Western Province are advised to manage their water tanks as the provincial headquarter continues to face water shortages. Team Leader of the Gizo Water Crisis Committee, Silas Arukwai told SIBC News in an interview today they are currently working hard to address the…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said serious considerations on our customary norms and practices will advance Solomon Islands forward. The Prime Minister made the statement during the Solomon IslandsNational Lands Conference in Honiara yesterday. Mr.
Contractors for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (MID) are still working hard to protect roads damaged by the 2014 Honiara flood disaster.
The Temotu Constitutional Congress team has officially started its awareness on the second 2014 Draft Federal Constitution at the Mebilude Recreation House in Lata, Temotu Province.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development has said Doma will remain a long-term project site for the University of the South Pacific’s fourth Campus in Solomon Islands. Minister of Education Dr.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) this week, engaged a number of police officers in a capabilities training at the GBR compound in East Honiara.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the complexity of land mobilisation in Solomon Islands restricts the availability of production. Mr. Sogavare made the statement during his keynote address to officially open the Solomon Islands National Lands Conference in Honiara today.
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey hopes the Land Summit currently underway in Honiara will better inform them to map out a suitable lands model for Solomon Islands.
Provincial Premiers around the country have today ended their first Pre-Premiers Conference workshop in Honiara. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening Stanley Pirione told SIBC News the workshop has enabled the Premiers to discuss issues that…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has launched a major exercise to assess the capabilities of the Police Response Team (PRT) and the Police Maritime Division.
The National Council of Women (NCW) has described as “horrifying and disturbing”, reports revealing the reality of sexual violence being suffered by women and young girls in the Solomon Islands.
A one-day Pre-Premier’s Conference has started at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara today. A statement from the Honiara City Council (HCC) said the purpose of the conference is to update Premiers and their Provincial Secretaries, the Honiara City Mayor and City Clerk on preparations of the…
The Honiara City Council’s (HCC) Law Enforcement Division says it will collaborate with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development once its Road Transport Ordinance 2015 is passed.
Taro Police has confirmed they have located the two men from Choiseul province, who went missing after a fishing trip on 14 August. The men were found last weekend on Nhuguria Island, located within Papua New Guinea’s territorial waters.
The proposed concept paper on Road Transport by the Honiara City Council’s Law Enforcement Division is looking to regulate transport businesses in the city.
