The newly constructed office building at the Ranadi Landfill has been completed and is ready for commissioning. The office building was funded under the Japanese’s Embassy Grassroots program and will be handed over to the Honiara City Council tomorrow.
Consultations on the Government’s proposed Free Economic Zone Bill will begin in Honiara tomorrow. A government statement says the consultation’s outcomes will form the basis to draft the Free Economic Zone Bill.
The Minister for Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification Samson Maneka has cancelled the prospecting license of the mining company, Bintang Borneo. The Indonesian mining company has been carrying out prospecting work in Rennell and Bellona Province.
The Government has appointed a new Land Board to oversee decision-making processes relating to a review that is being considered for the current land titles system.
Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister Milner Tozaka says the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations, also known as PACER Plus, can provide development benefits to Solomon Islands.
“Cuba and Solomon Islands are building extraordinary links between brothers and sisters of the Third World”. Solomon Islands new Ambassador representing Cuba Jose Manuel Galego Montano made the statement last Thursday when he presented his letter of credence to the Governor General.
The Liberation Movement for West Papua believes Melanesians in West Papua have the right to be part of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Jacob Rumbiak, an Executive member of the Liberation Movement made the statement in a nationwide appeal through the national broadcaster this morning.
Traditional dolphin hunts in the Solomon Islands are among the world’s largest. PACNEWS reports the journal Royal Society Open Science in the US have found in Fanalei village, on the island of South Malaita, recorded an overall tally of 15,400 dolphins killed between 1976 to 2013.
The Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) has been authorized to invite qualified electrical contractors to bid for the installation of LED or Solar-LED streetlights to improve existing streetlights in Honiara suburb and one of the SIEA Provincial Outstations.
The visiting Don Bosco Rector Major has expressed special concern for women in the country who are burdened with family responsibilities. Father Angel Fernandez Atime is in Solomon Islands to visit the Don Bosco Institutions in the country and Fiji.
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.
In Sports, a football league for girls under 16 years of age has officially opened in Malu’u, North Malaita. SIBC Stringer in Malu’u Lensley Kwaimani reports this is the first time such a tournament is being held in the region and North Malaita is the third venue in the province to host the league.
The High Court case challenging the validity of the Members of Parliament Entitlements Commission (PEC) Amendment Regulation 2015 has been listed for first hearing on June 5.
A group of young Solomon Islands leaders are supporting calls on the Parliamentary Entitlements Commission to ‘revoke’ the recent awarding of tax-free salaries to members of parliament.
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has deployed a number of Police Response TEAM (PRT) officers to investigate a gun shooting incidents in Mono Island, Western Province. The officers were deployed today.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has expressed concern over the issue of school dropouts in the country saying the number of students who drop out from the national education system is “staggering”.
The European Union Office in Solomon Islands will commemorate European Union Day tomorrow. The EU Day is an annual event commemorated on May 9th. In an interview with SIBC News, EU Ambassador to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Leonidas Tezapsidis says it commemorates a milestone in European…
The Asian Development Bank has given a grant to the Ministry of Infrastructure’s Development Domestic Maritime Support Project, specifically to support the subsidised shipping services sector.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau CEO, Josefa Tuamoto says he will respond to Hotel Malaita owner, Charles Dausabea at a later date. Mr Dausabea had called on the CEO to remove himself from the Board of Directors of the Tavanipupu Island Resort Limited Company and described the effort as a…
The Solomon Islands Democratic Party has strongly condemned the tax-free entitlements recently awarded to members of Parliament by the Parliamentary Entitlements Commission.
