The Governor-General has encouraged Solomon Islands to fight against corruption. Sir Frank Kabui made the statement at the official event to commemorate the 89th Birthday Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth at Lawson Tama this morning.
Medical operations at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara have been postponed due to the shortage of blood supply from the National Medical Laboratory’s blood bank.
One of the longest serving woman in Solomon Islands media, Moddie Nanau has been named as a recipient in the 2015 Queens Honors and Awards list announced by the Governor General Sir Frank Kabui today. Moddie began her career as a presenter for the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation in 1983.
Two hundred young Solomon Islanders are on their way to becoming peacemakers after participating in a peace building training from the United Nations Development Programme. The young people were Youth@Work Phase interns and took part in the workshops once a week.
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 four-day medical mission by the Taiwan Health Centre to a community Makira Ulawa Province has successfully ended this week. During the mission, two Taiwanese medical doctors, Robbie Chang and James Kuo, visited the Province to provide free medical consultations and treatment at Ngonihau School…
The Premier of Malaita Province Peter Ramohia has issued an open invitation to people and friends of the province to participate in the first ever Malaita Development Summit later this month. The Summit wants to take ideas from people on the direction to take for the Province.
The Government must not fail the people of Solomon Islands. The Leader of Opposition made the statement today as he called on the Government to tell the nation how and when it will roll out their work programs and start spending the budget.
The High Court this morning convicted a former Central Bank employee for stealing more than $1.7 million in old bank notes between 2007 and 2009. Handing down the judgement this morning, Justice Leonard Maina says Bogoni’s admission during his interview with the Police was the basis of his…
The national government is currently finalising arrangements for the Melanesian Spearhead Groups (MSG) Summit this month. Delegates for the MSG Summit will begin arriving in Honiara early next week ahead of the opening of the Senior Officials Meeting on June 18.
A delegation from the Choiseul Province Lauru Tribal Land Conference has left the country for Vanuatu to learn about the country’s chiefly structure. The delegation, which left yesterday, is headed by the Province’s Minister for Lauru Affairs Jacob Sogavare and their Deputy Director for Peace,…
Strengthening community partnerships is vital to blood donation campaign in Solomon Islands. The Director of the National Medical Laboratory, Alfred Dofai made the statement today at a press conference on World Blood Donor Day.
The High Court will next week set a hearing date to hear a case against the Chief Executive Officer of Ports Authority for contempt of Court. The Solomon Islands National Union of Workers filed the case on behalf of 16 workers the Ports CEO Collin Yow, terminated late April this year.
The Japanese Embassy and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will next week mark the Japanese Overseas Cooperation of Volunteers (JOCV’s) 50th anniversary. The day marks the foundation of JOCV an international cooperation program undertaken by JICA.
The travelling public of North Malaita has been denied access to basic social services as a result of bad infrastructure after the recent bad weather. With three wooden bridges now down and patches of deteriorating roads along the Northern region worsen, people are facing difficulties in accessing…
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey seeks perpetual estate title holders around Honiara, Auki and Gizo to submit their expression of interest to the ministry, an expansion strategy.
The people of Malaita Province will now have access to a modern, spacious and well-equipped police station with the opening of the Malaita Provincial Police Headquarters, worth AUD$1.8 million, in the provincial capital Auki today.
The Solomon Islands Government under the leadership of the Democratic Coalition for Change Government has resolved to commit to better protecting the range of benefits that Solomon Islands derives from the ocean.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says the future of Solomon Islands must be carefully planned to ensure that the country can sustain and protect the ocean. The Prime Minister made the statement in Honiara yesterday when he officially opened the inaugural Solomon Islands Government Ocean Summit.
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.
